A Citizen`s Guide to Michigan Campaign Finance 2014 Big Money

A Citizen’s Guide to Michigan
Campaign Finance 2014
Big Money Dominates
Michigan Politics
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Table of Contents
Forward�� 5
Federal Overview�� 6
Federal Contribution Limits
8
U. S. House of Representatives - Michigan�� 9
Primary Elections
9
General Elections
11
U. S. Senate - Michigan�� 13
State Overview�� 16
State Contribution Limits
17
Michigan Statewide Executive Offices�� 18
Governor
19
Secretary of State
23
Attorney General
24
Michigan Legislature�� 26
Michigan Senate
26
Michigan House of Representatives
29
Education Boards�� 32
Political Parties�� 34
Political Action Committees�� 38
Top Donors to Michigan House of Representatives Caucus PACs
44
Top Donors to Michigan Senate Caucus PACs
46
Michigan Courts�� 47
Michigan Supreme Court
47
Court of Appeals
50
Circuit, District and Probate Courts
51
Ballot Committees & Proposals�� 58
Appendices�� 61
Index of Tables
Table 1: Summary of Federal Campaign Finances, 2004-2012 (Millions of Dollars)�� 7
Table 2: Michigan U.S. Representative Candidates’ Campaign Summary, 2014 Contested Primaries�� 10
Table 3: Michigan U.S. Representative Candidates’ Campaign Finance Summary, 2014 Cycle�� 12
Table 4: Michigan U.S. Senate Candidates’ Campaign Finance Summary, 2014 Cycle�� 13
Table 5: Independent Spenders Supporting Terri Land (R) / Opposing Gary Peters, U.S. Senate 2014�� 14
Table 6: Independent Spenders Supporting Gary Peters (D) / Opposing Terri Land, U.S. Senate 2014�� 15
Table 7: Summary of Michigan State Campaign Finances, 2014�� 16
Table 8: Constitutional Executive Candidates’ Campaign Finance Summaries, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014�� 18
Table 9: Campaign Finance Summary, Michigan Gubernatorial Campaign, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014�� 20
Table 10: Top Michigan Donors to the Republican Governors Association, 1/1/2013-12/31/2014 �� 21
Table 11: Top Michigan Donors to the Democratic Governors Association, 1/1/2013-12/31/2014 �� 22
Table 12: Independent Expenditures Secretary of State Campaign, 2014 �� 23
Table 13: Campaign Summary, Michigan Attorney General Campaign, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014�� 24
Table 14: Top Michigan Donors to Republican Attorneys General Association, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 25
Table 15: Profile of Michigan Senate Races, 2014 Cycle�� 26
Table 16: Most Expensive Michigan Senate Races, 2014 Cycle�� 27
Table 17: Profile of Michigan House of Representatives Races, 2014 Cycle�� 29
Table 18: Most Expensive Michigan House Races, 2014 Cycle�� 30
Table 19: Campaign Finance Summary State Education Governing Boards, 2014 Cycle�� 32
Table 20: Michigan Democratic Party State Account Campaign Finance Summary, 2010-2014�� 34
Table 22: Michigan Democratic Party State Account Top Donors, 1/1/2013-12/31/2014�� 35
Table 21: Michigan Republican Party State Account Campaign Finance Summary, 2010-2014�� 36
Table 23: Michigan Republican Party State Account Top Donors, 1/1/2013-12/31/2014�� 37
Table 24: Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 39
Table 25: House Republican Campaign Committee Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 44
Table 26: Michigan House Democratic Fund Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 45
Table 27: Senate Republican Campaign Committee Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 46
Table 28: Michigan Senate Democratic Fund Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 46
Table 29: Campaign Finance Summary: Michigan Supreme Court Candidates 2/1/2014 - 12/31/2014�� 47
Table 30: Campaign Finance Summary Michigan Supreme Court Campaign 2/1/2014 - 11/24/2014�� 48
Table 31: Richard Bernstein - Michigan Supreme Court - Top Donors, 2014�� 49
Table 32: David Viviano, Michigan Supreme Court - Top Donors, 2014�� 49
Table 33: Brian Zahra - Michigan Supreme Court - Top Donors, 2014�� 50
Table 34: Summary of Circuit, District and Probate Court Campaign, 2014�� 51
Table 35: Campaign Finance Summary Contested Circuit Court Elections, 2014�� 52
Table 36: Campaign Finance Summary Contested Probate Court Elections, 2014�� 54
Table 37: Campaign Finance Summary Contested District Court Races, 2014�� 55
Table 38: Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management, Top Donors�� 59
Table 39: Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, Top Donors�� 59
Table 40: Michigan Citizens for Strong and Safe Communities, Top Donors�� 60
Table 41: Raise Michigan, Top Donors�� 60
Appendices
APPENDIX A: Top Contributions by Employer: Rick Snyder for Governor, 2014 Cycle�� 62
APPENDIX B: Top Contributors by Sector: Rick Snyder for Governor, 2014 Cycle�� 66
APPENDIX C: Top Contributors: Ruth Johnson for Secretary of State, 2014 Cycle�� 67
APPENDIX D: Top Contributors: Bill Schuette for Attorney General, 2014 Cycle�� 68
APPENDIX E: Campaign Finance Summary, Michigan Senate Candidates, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014�� 69
APPENDIX F: Top Contributors Winning Michigan Senate Candidates, 2014 Cycle�� 74
APPENDIX G: Campaign Finance Summary, Michigan House Candidates, 11/27/2010 - 11/24/2014�� 84
APPENDIX H: Top Contributors Winning Michigan House Candidates, 2014 Cycle�� 96
APPENDIX I: Top Contributors Leadership PACs, 2014 Cycle�� 124
APPENDIX J: Michigan Education Boards, Top Donors 2012 - 2014�� 130
APPENDIX K: Top Individual/Family Donors to Michigan Political Committees, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014�� 134
Forward
This is the eighth in the biennial series of Citizen’s Guides to Michigan Campaign Finance. The
Citizen’s Guide is data book that is designed to be a quick reference on how Michigan political
campaigns are funded, and who the principal donors to officeholders, officeholders’ PACs and the
political parties are. The emphasis is on state campaigns, as opposed to federal, because there are
excellent online resources available about federal campaigns, but no other comprehensive information products about Michigan state campaigns.
Since the Supreme Court of the United States published its opinion in Citizens United v. Federal
Election Commission, there has been elevated public attention to political spending that cannot be
traced to its sources. The reader is advised to bear in mind that unaccountable spending in Michigan
state campaigns is proportionally much greater than it is in federal campaigns, and such spending
in Michigan state campaigns predates Citizens United by a decade. Since 2000, the Michigan Campaign Finance Network has compiled records of more than $130 million in candidate-focused television ads that were not reported to the Michigan Bureau of Elections. Such unreported spending has
become a major feature of every hotly contested Michigan state election
We hope that this Citizen’s Guide will help you to better understand political and policy processes in
Michigan, and it will enable you to be more effective in exercising your civic responsibility of government oversight.
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Federal Overview
The single most important campaign finance dynamic in federal elections is the rise of non-party
independent spending.
Total fundraising by candidates for U.S. House has varied by no more than 13 percent since 2008,
the last cycle preceding the Citizens United decision, with the 2014 total up by just 6.4 percent compared to 2008.
Total fundraising by U.S. Senate candidates was 47 percent higher in 2014 than 2008, but Senate
candidates’ fundraising has declined each election cycle since the Citizens United decision in 2010.
Independent spending by the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the National Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee increased by just 3 percent from 2008 to 2014. Only the National
Republican Congressional Committee is up during that period, putting it on par with the DCCC. The
other committees’ independent spending has been flat or declining.
Independent spending by non-party committees in mid-term elections has increased eight-fold since
the last mid-term prior to Citizens United, in 2006. In presidential years, non-party independent
spending tripled from 2008 (prior to Citizens United) to 2012. As an indication of the current trajectory of non-party independent spending, the total raised by single-candidate superPACs supporting
presidential candidates this cycle was $258 million, as of June 30, 2015. At a corresponding point
last presidential cycle, presidential superPACs had raised $15.6 million and all superPACs combined
had raised $26 million
It is important to note that the figures cited in the preceding paragraph reflect only the spending that
was reported to the Federal Election Commission: spending by PACs and superPACs, and spending
by political nonprofit corporations that occurred either within 30 days of a primary election, or 60 days
of the general election. Spending by political nonprofits outside those windows of “electioneering
communications” is not included. To cite an example, Michigan’s 2014 U.S. Senate campaign had
reported non-party independent expenditures of $25.2 million, and spending by political nonprofits
outside the window of electioneering communications of $6.3 million. Twenty percent of non-party
independent spending in the Peters-Land campaign was never reported to the F.E.C.
The post-Citizens United trend line is heading toward a point where the majority of spending in competitive American campaigns will come from committees and corporations that raise money without
contribution limits, without restrictions as to source and, in many cases, without revealing the sources
of their funds. This is the plutocratic revolution in American politics.
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A Citizen’s Guide to Michigan Campaign Finance - 2014
Table 1: Summary of Federal Campaign Finances, 2004-2012
(Millions of Dollars)
Summary of Federal Campaign Finances, 2004-2012
(Millions of Dollars)
Fundraising by Major Party Federal Candidates
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
Democratic Presidential Candidates
$739
$1,150
$490
Republican Presidential Candidates
625
656
367
1,419
1,807
857
Total: Major Party Presidential Candidates
Democratic U.S. House Candidates
451
486
516
533
415
302
Republican U.S. House Candidates
586
616
568
441
454
393
1036
1,102
1,084
974
869
695
Democratic U.S. Senate Candidates
285
304
310
217
289
247
Republican U.S. Senate Candidates
316
377
414
193
244
240
Total: Major Party U.S. Senate Candidates
601
681
724
410
533
487
Total: All Democratic Candidates
736
1,528
826
1,900
704
1,039
Total: All Republican Candidates
902
1,618
982
1,291
697
1,000
Total: All Major Party Candidates
$1,638
$3,146
$1,808
$3,190
$1,401
$2,039
Independent Spending in Federal Campaigns
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
Total: Major Party U.S. House Candidates
Democratic National Committee
$1
Republican National Committee
44
$99
54
14
18
Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte.
69
61
66
85
63
37
National Republican Congressional Cmte.
65
65
46
31
92
48
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte.
60
53
41
73
41
21
National Republican Senatorial Cmte.
40
32
26
38
19
20
234
254
179
280
229
244
Independent Spending - Major Nat’l Party
Committees
National Democratic Party Committees
129
113
107
159
105
157
National Republican Party Committees
105
140
72
122
125
87
Independent Spending - All Party Committees
$235
$255
$185
$284
$231
$248
Independent Spending - Non-party
Committees
$562
$1,036
$305
$302
$69
$200
Total Independent Spending
$797
$1,291
$489
$585
$300
$448
$227
$293
$108
$159
$39
$121
306
718
192
120
20
69
29
26
4
23
11
10
$2,435
$4,437
$2,297
$3,775
$1,701
$2,487
Orientation of Non-party Independent Spenders
Liberal
Conservative
Other
Total: Candidate Receipts plus Independent
Spending
Source: Center for Responsive Politics - www.opensecrets.org
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Federal Contribution Limits
Federal candidates: Individuals were allowed to contribute $2,600 to a federal candidate for each
election (primary and general) in the 2014 election cycle. A political action committee (PAC), or a
state, local or national party committee could contribute $5,000 per calendar year. A federal candidate committee could give $2,000 per election. National party committees were allowed to contribute
$45,400 to Senate candidates per six-year election cycle.
National Party Committees: Individuals and PACs that have not qualified as multi-candidate PACs
were allowed to contribute $32,400 to a national party committee per calendar year. Multi-candidate
PACs were allowed to contribute $15,000. Local, state and national party committees, and federal
candidate committees, could contribute without limit.
PACs, State, District and Local Party Committees: Individuals and committees were allowed to
contribute $5,000 per calendar year.
Until April 2, 2014 individuals were subject to an aggregate contribution limit of $123,200 to all candidates, PACs and party committees. The McCutcheon v. F.E.C. decision by the Supreme Court of the
United States abolished that aggregate limit.
SuperPACS: Individuals, political committees and domestic corporations are allowed to make unlimited contributions to superPACs. SuperPACs are restricted to making independent expenditures.
They are not allowed to contribute to candidates.
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U. S. House of Representatives - Michigan
Michigan’s elections for U.S. House of Representatives looked different than previous elections with
four open seats due to the retirement of veteran Reps. Dave Camp, Mike Rogers and John Dingell,
and Rep. Gary Peters vacating his seat to run for the U.S. Senate. The open seats and challenges to
incumbents resulted in 13 intraparty primary contests.
Primary Elections
In the 3rd District Republican primary East Grand Rapids businessman Brian Ellis challenged ‘liberty
caucus’ incumbent Rep. Justin Amash. Ellis had a degree of support from the business establishment, including $196,000 in independent expenditures by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, but
Amash outraised Ellis in his campaign committee, and he was supported by independent expenditures of $555,000, including $521,000 by the Club for Growth. Amash took 57.4% of the vote compared to 42.6% for Ellis.
Paul Mitchell self-funded $3,560,000 in a three-way 4th District Republican primary, but state Sen.
John Moolenaar took 53.4% of the vote compared to 36.3 percent for Mitchell. Moolenaar was bolstered by $596,000 in independent expenditures, including $205,000 by the Michigan Chamber of
Commerce and $361,000 by the Campaign for Jobs and Accountability.
In the 8th District Democratic primary Eric Schertzing had a wide campaign finance advantage in
winning a four-way race. Schertzing took 42.8% of the vote, while Susan Grettenberg took 37.7%.
Dave Trott self-funded $3,337,000 in knocking out incumbent Rep. Kerry Bentivolio in the 11th District Republican primary, dominating the vote 66.4 percent to 33.6 percent. Bentivolio was supported
by independent expenditures of $177,000 by Freedom’s Defense Fund but he had an extraordinarily
disorganized campaign for an incumbent member of Congress.
Bobby McKenzie overcame self-funding of $738,000 by Anil Kumar to win a competitive 11th District
Democratic primary. McKenzie took 34.3% of the vote in the four-way race, Kumar took 31.8% and
Nancy Skinner took 26.5%.
In the 14th District Democratic primary, Brenda Lawrence was supported by independent expenditures of $166,000 by Women Vote in winning a competitive four-way contest. Lawrence took 35.6
percent of the vote; state Rep. Rudy Hobbs took 32.4%; and former U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke took
30.9%. Hobbs was supported by independent expenditures of $226,000 by Goal PAC, and Women
Vote spent $116,000 opposing Clarke.
None of the other primaries was closer than a 20% margin.
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Table 2: Michigan U.S. Representative Candidates’ Campaign Summary,
2014 Contested Primaries
Dist
Party
Candidate
1
R
Arcand, Alan
1
R
Benishek, Dan
Total
Receipts
Individual
Contribuions
% Indiv.
Contrib.
Votes
Campaign
Balance
Campaign
Debt
$18,429
$12,500
68%
21,497
$6,108
$-
1,930,771
892,645
46%
49,540
504,437
74,500
3
R
Amash, Justin
1,782,487
1,647,153
92%
39,706
476,097
-
3
R
Ellis, Brian
1,820,144
643,657
35%
29,422
852
1,050,000
4
R
Konetchy, Peter
41,257
18,147
44%
7,408
-
-
4
R
Mitchell, Paul
3,575,458
13,741
0%
23,844
5,004
266,368
4
R
Moolenaar, John
973,458
614,178
63%
34,399
212,869
216,916
5
R
Hardwick, Allen
n/f
13,557
5
R
Whitmire, Tom
6
R
Bussler, Jim
5,498
n/f
5,498
100%
12,859
15,283
-
-
6
R
Upton, Fred
2,985,707
761,481
26%
37,731
1,604,071
-
7
R
North, Douglas R.
7
R
Walberg, Tim
38,046
1,002,723
-
n/f
1,686,887
9,934
923,902
55%
8
R
Bishop, Mike
836,797
463,606
55%
35,422
277,841
34,851
8
R
McMillin, Tom
248,942
228,738
92%
23,358
-
-
8
D
Darga, Ken
8
D
Grettenberger, Susan
1,363
1,741
8
D
Hank, Jeffery
8
D
Schertzing, Eric
150,390
-
n/f
63,127
3,103
52,928
84%
n/f
350,587
11,921
3,054
309,454
88%
13,535
11
R
Bentivolio, Kerry*
677,832
495,368
73%
21,254
41,261
129,911
11
R
Trott, Dave
4,616,954
1,028,704
22%
42,008
1,273,863
292,650
11
D
Kumar, Anil
252,224
2,500
1%
12,479
36,612
249,700
11
D
McKenzie, Bobby
688,679
545,982
79%
13,441
174,475
10,720
11
D
Roberts, Bill
11
D
Skinner, Nancy
7,690
7,690
100%
10,371
1,744
-
1,266,997
857,039
68%
45,162
418,280
-
7,461
6,452
86%
12,994
-
273
712,099
165,462
23%
42,005
35,379
-
37,305
16,805
45%
14,850
9,578
20,000
241,824
181,927
75%
22,866
3,861
22,145
12
D
Dingell, Debbie
12
D
Mullins, Raymond G.
13
D
Conyers, John
13
D
Sheffield, Horace
14
D
Clarke, Hansen
n/f
2,906
14
D
Foster, Burgess D.
14
D
Hobbs, Rudy
692,935
477,935
69%
23,996
51,774
69,975
14
D
Lawrence, Brenda
627,165
463,865
74%
26,387
112,104
-
$26,148,714
$10,837,359
41%
Total
n/f
831
$6,400,686 $2,439,750
Sources: Federal Election Commission, MI Bureau of Elections
Incumbents in Bold type | n/f: No filings | * Reporting through two committees; net of transfers
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General Elections
Only one of Michigan’s U.S. House races was decided by a vote margin of less than 12 percent. In
the 1st District, incumbent Republican Rep. Dan Benishek won by 17,151 votes (6.8%) over Democrat Jerry Cannon. Benishek raised twice as much money as Cannon, and independent expenditures favored Benishek, $1,338,000 to $624,000. Benishek’s independent support came from the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, $500,000; the National Republican Campaign Committee, $358,000;
a group of medical associations’ PACs, $316,000; and the National Rifle Association, $140,000.
Cannon’s main independent supporter was the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at
$584,000.
The 1st District was Michigan’s most competitive in 2012 also. However, spending was more than
twice as high in 2012, at $10.2 million, when Benishek defeated former state Rep. Gary MacDowell
by fewer than 2,000 votes.
One other 2014 general election contest is notable for its level of independent spending. Democrat Paul Clements was backed by $2.1 million of independent spending by Mayday PAC in his 6th
District challenge of incumbent Republican Rep. Fred Upton. Upton’s supporters answered with
$624,000 of independent spending. Upton’s principal independent backers included American Future
Fund, $307,000, and Defending Main Street/Main Street Advocacy, $225,000.
The narrowest winning margin by one of the five Democratic members of Congress in the 2014 campaign was a landslide 24.3 percent of the vote by Rep. Sander Levin. That is testimony to a technically effective gerrymander. The maximum plausible number of Democrats was packed into a minimal number of districts in the Republican controlled redistricting process, thus diluting Democratic
voters’ access to representation.
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Table 3: Michigan U.S. Representative Candidates’ Campaign Finance Summary,
2014 Cycle
Dist.
Party
Candidate
Total Receipts
Individuals’
Contributions
% Indiv.
Contrib.
Votes
Campaign
Balance
Campaign
Debt
$2,158,986
$1,008,617
47%
130,414
$72,649
$-
1
R
Benishek, Dan
1
D
Cannon, Jerry
1,001,780
596,539
60%
113,263
1,599
-
2
R
Huizenga, Bill
1,275,882
550,965
43%
135,568
359,578
-
2
D
Vanderstelt, Dean
3
R
Amash, Justin
3
D
Goodrich, Bob
4
R
Moolenaar, John
4
D
Holmes, Jeff
5
R
Hardwick, Allen
5
D
Kildee, Dan
908,656
301,417
33%
148,182
142,127
-
6
R
Upton, Fred
3,803,834
949,449
25%
116,801
58,029
80,685
6
D
Clements, Paul
791,234
756,086
96%
84,391
1,794
-
7
R
Walberg, Tim
1,831,399
1,010,937
55%
119,564
351,057
-
7
D
Byrnes, Pam
1,370,315
970,789
71%
92,083
2,959
3,000
7
NPA
8
R
Bishop, Mike
8
D
Schertzing, Eric
8
NL
Burgess, Jeremy
9
R
Brikho, George
9
D
Levin, Sander
10
R
Miller, Candice
10
D
Stadler, Chuck
11
R
Trott, Dave
11
D
11
W-I
12
R
Bowman, Terry
47,559
45,109
95%
12
D
Dingell, Debbie
1,598,317
961,285
60%
13
R
Gorman, Jeff
13
D
Conyers, John
14
R
Barr, Christina
14
D
Lawrence, Brenda
Swartout, David
56,762
22,248
39%
70,851
4,553
12,500
1,812,276
1,675,192
92%
125,754
387,511
-
324,939
57,894
18%
84,720
12,868
-
1,132,783
690,558
61%
123,962
61,385
287,026
100,797
91,797
91%
85,777
2,944
25,550
69,222
-
-
4,369
23
-
1,029,600
553,779
54%
132,739
42,641
94,409
502,692
425,206
85%
102,269
10,211
-
800
-
0%
1,680
26
-
44,185
36,206
82%
81,470
2,135
-
1,468,262
355,542
24%
136,342
250,272
-
851,070
334,790
39%
157,069
850,419
-
67,143
4,998,834
1,132,654
23%
140,435
111,398
290,329
McKenzie, Bobby
835,804
681,754
82%
101,681
24,342
10,720
Bentivolio, Kerry*
681,336
496,918
73%
1,411
5,131
124,911
64,716
2,566
852
134,346
370,731
-
17,221
6,000
153,135
-
$3,299,304
$935,982
Total
27,234
777,546
180,039
23%
132,710
41,801
771,776
526,776
68%
$30,177,424
$14,412,546
47.8%
165,272
Source: Federal Election Commission
Incumbents in Bold type | * Reporting through two committees, net of transfers
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U. S. Senate - Michigan
Michigan’s 2014 U.S. Senate election to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Sen. Carl Levin was
the first open-seat election for one of the state’s two U.S. Senate seats in two decades. The campaign between Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters and Republican former Secretary of State Terri
Land was the most expensive Senate race in state history. Like most hotly contested contemporary
elections, independent spending exceeded the candidates’ campaign committees. Land raised $12.3
million, including self-funding of $3.3 million, and her independent supporters spent $15.9 million.
Peters raised $10 million and his independent supporters spent $20.5 million.
The visible part of the campaign – television advertising – began in January 2014 when Americans
for prosperity initiated a five-month, $5.2 million ad campaign, mostly criticizing Gary Peters as a
supporter of the Affordable Care Act. By late February the Senate Majority PAC, a superPAC controlled by Democratic senators, was responding with ads. The candidates ran their first ads in April,
with Land’s ads running continuously throughout the campaign. Peters’ ads paused at the end of
April, then resumed in August, running for the remainder of the campaign.
Notably, the web of political nonprofit corporations associated with Charles and David Koch terminated their support of the Land campaign in August. However, the Ricketts family’s Ending Spending Action superPAC stepped in with $5.4 million in television spending. Peters’ major outside supporters in
the late weeks of the campaign were the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, $3.8 million,
and Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate Action superPAC, $3.95 million.
In the end the election was not close. Peters took 54.6 percent of the vote compared to 41.3 percent
for Land. It is indicative of the vast amount of money flooding the political system that nearly $58
million could be mustered for an uncompetitive race.
Table 4: Michigan U.S. Senate Candidates’ Campaign Finance Summary,
2014 Cycle
Party
Campaign
Debt
Votes
$67,112
$250,000
1,290,199
41%
76%
221,603
30,294
1,704,936
55%
0
0
0
0
62,897
2%
0
0
0
0
37,529
1%
0
0
0
0
0
26,137
1%
$22,273,842
$14,741,869
66%
Total Receipts
R
Land, Terri Lynn
$12,273,613
$7,137,442
58%
D
Peters, Gary
10,000,229
7,604,427
L
Fulner, Jim
0
0
UST Matkin, Richard
G
Wahmhoff, Chris
Total
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Individual
Contributions
% Indiv.
Contributions
Candidate
Campaign
Balance`
Vote
%
3,121,775
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Table 5: Independent Spenders Supporting Terri Land (R) / Opposing Gary Peters,
U.S. Senate 2014
Committee Name
Committee
Type
Amount of Independent
Spending
American Legacy PAC
PAC
$452
Americans for Prosperity
501c
5,139,572
B-PAC
SuperPAC
1,131,626
Club for Growth
PAC
2,952
Conservative Campaign Cmte
PAC
6,232
Conservative Warchest PAC
SuperPAC
2,800
Crossroads GPS
501c
Ending Spending Action Fund
SuperPAC
Ending Spending, Inc.
501c
466,000
Freedom Partners
501c
620,000
Hunter Defense Fund
SuperPAC
Midland County Republican Cmte
PAC
128
National Federation of Independent Business
PAC
71,500
National Republican Senatorial Cmte
PAC
1,181,093
National Rifle Assn
PAC
8,307
National Right to Life
PAC
5,776
National Right to Life Victory Fund
SuperPAC
Patriot Voices PAC
501c
819
Public Advocate of the US
501c
689
Pure PAC
SuperPAC
Michigan Republican Party
PAC
6,732
Right to Life of MI
PAC
83,461
Susan B Anthony List
501c
62
US Chamber of Commerce
501c
500,000
Vote to Reduce Debt
SuperPAC
320,070
Total
763,962
5,392,255
2,280
29,168
151,503
$15,887,439
Sources: Center for Responsive Politics - opensecrets.org; Public files of Michigan broadcasters and cable systems
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Table 6: Independent Spenders Supporting Gary Peters (D) / Opposing Terri Land,
U.S. Senate 2014
Committee Name
Committee Type
Amount of Independet
Spending
AFL-CIO Workers’ Voice PAC
SuperPAC
$282,146
American Federation of Govt. Employees
SuperPAC
Am Fed of State County Muni Employees
PAC
Americans for Responsible Solutions
SuperPAC
Arab American PAC
PAC
341
A Stronger Financial Michigan (Credit Union League)
501c
593,500
Carpenters & Joiners Union
501c
3,259
Climate Hawks Vote
SuperPAC
976
CREDO Mobile SuperPAC
SuperPAC
76,546
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
PAC
3,790,986
Environmental Defense Action Fund
501c
388,769
Environment America Action Fund
PAC
688,424
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund
501c
1,726
Fuels America
501c
78,006
Human Rights Campaign
PAC
1,267
Humane Society Legislative Fund
501c
640,923
League of Conservation Voters
PAC
30
League of Conservation Voters
SuperPAC
League of Conservation Voters
501c
League of Conservation Voters/MI
SuperPAC
MI Democratic State Central Cmte
PAC
Michigan for All
SuperPAC
MoveOn.org
PAC
National Assn of Realtors
SuperPAC
886,282
NextGen Climate Action
SuperPAC
3,949,525
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
501c
Planned Parenthood/MI
SuperPAC
266,359
Protecting Michigan’s Retirees
SuperPAC
29,897
3,538,733
37,500
1,976,649
15,350
322,406
1,297,466
574,249
20,000
198,331
52,204
2,579
Senate Majority PAC
SuperPAC
Service Employees International Union
PAC
312,699
Sierra Club
PAC
20
Voter Participation Center
501c
15,863
VoteVets.org
501c
291,797
Working America
501c
208,512
Total
$20,543,320
Sources: Center for Responsive Politics - opensecrets.org; Public files of Michigan broadcasters and cable systems
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State Overview
Candidates and independent committees raised and spent $134,610,000 in the 2014 election cycle.
That total is up by 25.6 percent compared to the corresponding total from 2010, when constitutional
executive offices and the Michigan Senate were last on the ballot. The 2014 total is $155,000 less
than 2006, when the total for state offices was driven by Michigan’s most expensive gubernatorial
campaign ever.
When fundraising for active 2014 ballot committees is included, the overall total for 2014 reaches
$148.3 million. That is less than just 2012 ballot committees, which hit the extraordinary figure of
$154.3 million.
Table 7: Summary of Michigan State Campaign Finances, 2014
Office
Candidate
Committees
Independent
Expenditures
Unreported TV
Advertising
Governor/ Lt. Gov.
$22,218,888
$6,122,910
Secretary of State
1,150,380
Attorney General
4,855,991
State Senate
State House
Total
$35,202,500
$63,544,298
50,037
-
1,200,417
10,647
3,071,000
7,937,638
17,126,941
1,895,899
-
19,022,840
22,684,970
2,605,331
-
25,290,301
Education/Universities Boards
2,085,804
8,008
-
2,093,812
Supreme Court
5,009,639
724,817
4,665,000
10,399,456
Trial Courts
(41 contested seats, incl. primaries)
5,116,286
5,319
-
5,121,605
Total - Candidate Elections
80,248,899
11,422,968
42,938,500
134,610,367
Ballot Committees
13,687,147
-
-
13,687,147
$93,936,046
$11,422,968
$42,938,500
$148,297,514
Total - All Election Committees
Sources: MI Bureau of Elections, public files of Michigan broadcasters and cable systems
Several features of the 2014 elections are notable from the campaign finance perspective:
• The gubernatorial campaign was the second-most expensive ever at $63.5 million. Spending for television advertising that was not reported through the State’s campaign finance
reporting system reached $35.2 million.
• The attorney general campaign was the most expensive ever at $7,937,000. Undisclosed
television spending topped $3 million.
• The Michigan House campaigns were the most expensive ever at $25.3 million.
• The 20th District Michigan Senate campaign was the most expensive ever at $2,646,000.
• The Michigan Supreme Court campaign topped $10 million for the third consecutive election cycle. Unreported television, all supporting the Republican nominees, was $4.67 million. There are no equals to that level of spending in judicial campaigns, or the dark money
component, anywhere else in the nation.
• Overall, unreported candidate-focused television advertising was $42.9 million. The corresponding total from 2010 was $22.9 million. In 2006 it was $20.5 million.
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The dramatic increase of spending by independent committees, particularly undisclosed spending,
mirrors federal campaigns and may reflect a deepening of the ‘Citizens United culture.’ Whatever the
cause, the trend has been encouraged in state statute. As part of a 2013 bill (SB 661) to double contribution limits to candidate committees and the legislative caucuses’ PACs – the only state committees that have contribution limits – Republican legislators amended the definition of campaign expenditures in the Michigan Campaign Finance Act to require the presence of magic words of “express
advocacy.” Despite campaigning on a platform of transparency in 2010, Gov. Rick Snyder signed the
bill into law as Public Act 252 of 2013.
The lack of accountability endemic to Michigan state campaigns undermines the public’s right to
know who is funding political campaigns, and driving subsequent public policy processes. Dark money is particularly insidious in judicial campaigns, where it invites questions about the impartiality of
justice, and in the attorney general campaign, where it invites questions about the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. Michigan’s record is worthy of the title of Dark Money Capital of American Politics.
State Contribution Limits
Candidates: Individuals are allowed to contribute $1,000 to a candidate for state representative,
$2,000 to a candidate for state senator and $6,800 to a candidate for statewide office. Qualified
political action committees and party committees can give ten-times the individual limits, except state
party committees can give twenty-times the individual limit to a statewide candidate.
Other limits: Individuals or political committees can give a maximum of $40,000 per calendar year to
the legislative caucuses’ PACs – House Republican Campaign Committee, House Democratic Fund,
Senate Republican Campaign Committee and Senate Democratic Fund. There are no limits on contributions to other PACs, party committees or ballot committees.
SuperPACs: Individuals, political committees and domestic corporations can make unlimited contributions to state superPACs. SuperPACs are limited to making independent expenditures. SuperPACs
are not permitted to contribute directly to candidate committees, or committees that contribute directly to candidate committees.
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Michigan Statewide Executive Offices
Table 8: Constitutional Executive Candidates’ Campaign Finance Summaries,
11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Party
Governor
Candidate
Beginning
Balance
Total
Contributions
Total
Expenditures
R
Rick Snyder inc.
$1,407,518
$13,090,991
$14,305,909
$217,581
$5,115,589
D
Mark Schauer
$-
$7,313,814
$7,122,955
$132,956
$-
Party
Lt. Governor
Beginning
Balance
Total
Contributions
Total
Expenditures
Account
Balance
Debt
Account
Balance
Debt
R
Brian Calley inc.
$-
$404,465
$369,333
$31,362
$-
D
Lisa Brown
$-
$2,100
$-
$-
$-
Party
Attorney General
Candidate
R
Bill Schuette inc.
D
Mark Totten
Party
Secretary of State
Candidate
R
Ruth Johnson inc.
D
Godfrey Dillard
Beginning
Balance
Total
Contributions
Total
Expenditures
Account
Balance
Debt
$133,098
$3,879,066
$3,772,338
$162,623
$24,404
$-
$843,827
$810,465
$5,981
$-
Beginning Balance
Total
Contributions
Total
Expenditures
Account
Balance
Debt
$12,594
$965,343
$896,957
$34,879
$-
$-
$172,443
$148,344
$10,659
$-
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
inc. = incumcent
Total Contributions include In-kind Contributions but not Other Receipts representing transfers and refunds
No minor party candidate raised $2,000
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Governor
The gubernatorial contest between incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and his Democratic
challenger Mark Schauer cost more than $63 million: $33.75 million supporting Gov. Snyder, and
$29.4 million supporting Mark Schauer. Since neither major party candidate faced a primary election
opponent, the contest amounted to a year-long general election campaign.
The candidates’ campaign committees accounted for just 34.5% of total spending. Gov. Snyder,
whose campaign committee started with a fund balance of $1.4 million, raised $13.1 million from
November 2010 through November 2014. Gov. Snyder eschewed PAC contributions and raised his
funds from individuals and the Michigan Republican Party.
Mark Schauer’s campaign committee raised $7.3 million, including $990,000 from the state’s public
campaign fund. Schauer’s public funds were earned as a two-to-one match for contributions up to
$100 from individual donors prior to the primary election. Schauer’s campaign committee was required to limit spending prior to the August primary election to $2 million as a condition of receiving
the public campaign funds.
Committees that were at least nominally independent from the candidates spent $41.3 million: $19.2
million supporting Gov. Snyder, and $22.1 million supporting Schauer. Independent expenditures that
were reported to the Michigan Bureau of Elections were a small fraction of the third-party spending.
Independent expenditures reported to the Bureau of Elections that supported Gov. Snyder totaled
just $380,000. Reported independent spending supporting Mark Schauer totaled $5.7 million.
The greatest share of the third-party spending came in the form of candidate-focused television
advertising that complimented or disparaged the candidates’ policy positions, but did not explicitly tell
viewers how to vote. Such advertisements are not considered to be campaign expenditures under
Michigan law, so they are mostly unreported to the State, as are the donors who pay for the advertising.
The independent TV advertisers supporting Gov. Snyder were the Republican Governors Association
(RGA), $10.4 million; the Michigan Republican Party, $5.7 million; and Independence USA PAC, $2.7
million.
The RGA is a 527 committee that reports its receipts and expenditures to the Internal Revenue Service, although Michigan campaign activity was not explicitly broken out. Independence USA PAC is a
federal superPAC funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that reports its receipts and
expenditures to the Federal Election Commission. The Michigan Republican Party did not report any
television spending for the gubernatorial campaign, or the contributions that paid for that advertising,
to the Bureau of Elections, or anywhere else.
Mark Schauer’s unreported TV advertising support came from the Democratic Governors Association
(DGA), $15.4 million; the National Education Association (NEA), $750,000; and the Michigan Nurses
Association, $180,000. The DGA, like the RGA, reports its receipts and expenditures to the I.R.S.
The NEA and Michigan Nurses Association are labor corporations that are required to report any
contribution exceeding $5,000 to the U.S. Department of Labor.
The NEA and the labor superPAC Workers Voice did report spending $1.2 million for television advertising to the Bureau of Elections. A group of labor and progressive superPACs reported an additional $3.2 million spent for a ground campaign supporting Schauer’s candidacy.
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Table 9: Campaign Finance Summary, Michigan Gubernatorial Campaign,
11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Rick Snyder Campaign Committee
$14,498,509
Reported Independent Expenditures
Mark Schauer Campaign Committee
$7,313,814
Reported Independent Expenditures
MI Chamber PAC III - superPAC
$242,014
Michigan for All - superPAC
$1,406,023
College Republican Natl Cmte superPAC
$93,792
Workers Voice - superPAC
$1,078,839
Michigan Freedom Network
$15,000
SEIU Community Alliance - superPAC
$704,394
Michigan Republican Party
$13,814
NEA Advocacy Fund
$703,747
ABC Merit Fund
$9,276
NextGen - superPAC
$417,672
Macomb Co. Republican Cmte.
$3,573
Humane Society MI Legis. Fund superPAC
$357,019
Kent Co. Republican Cmte.
$1,465
Working America - superPAC
$308,603
Compete Michigan PAC
$545
MI Planned Parenthood - superPAC
$243,618
Lenawee Co. Republican Cmte.
$529
Am. Fed. Teachers Solidarity - superPAC
$225,000
Midland Co. Republican Cmte.
$145
UFCW Int’l - superPAC
$198,018
Total
$380,153
Unreported/Unregulated TV Advertising
Republican Governors Association
$10,404,000
United Steelworkers Works - superPAC
Progressive Kick - superPAC
$5,500
Macomb Co. Dem. Exec Cmte.
$1,340
GR Firefighters Union PAC
$1,000
Michigan Republican Party
$5,734,000
Butzel Long PAC
Independence USA PAC
$2,734,000
Total
Total
$91,484
$500
$5,742,757
$18,872,000
Unreported/Unregulated TV Advertising
Candidate Committee
Reported Independent Expenditures
Unregulated TV Adverts
Grand Total
$14,498,509
$380,153
$18,872,000
$33,750,662
Democratic Governors Association
$15,400,500
NEA Advocacy Fund
$750,000
MI Nurses Association
$180,000
Total
Candidate Committee
Reported Independen Expenditures
Unregulated TV Adverts
Grand Total
$16,330,500
$7,313,814
$5,742,757
$16,330,500
$29,387,071
Sources: MI Bureau of Elections; Public files of MI broadcasters and cable systems
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The involvement of the RGA and DGA represented significant national involvement in the Michigan
gubernatorial campaign. Michigan donors, led by a contribution of $2.8 million from Manoj Bhargava’s
ETC Capital, gave the RGA $5.5 million, and the RGA spent nearly twice that amount for advertising
supporting Rick Snyder. The RGA raised $142 million from all sources in 2013-2014.
Table 10: Top Michigan Donors to the Republican Governors Association, 1/1/2013-12/31/2014
RGA Donor
ETC Capital
Amount
$2,782,993
RGA Donor
Amount
Schostak Family PAC
$50,000
Alticor/DeVos family
$260,000
Becker, Charles
$25,000
Hewlett Packard (Pontiac)
$215,900
Beznos, Harold
$25,000
ITC Holdings
$201,350
CNSI
$25,000
Dow Chemical
$190,450
Delta Dental
$25,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield - MI
$175,000
J and B Medical Supplies
$25,000
Thompson, Robert
$150,000
Jones, Mark
$25,000
DTE Energy
$100,450
Kojaian Management Corp.
$25,000
Caidan Management
$100,000
Nicholson, James
$25,000
Huizenga, J.C.
$100,000
Oakland Management
$25,000
Consumers Energy
$75,000
Secchia, Peter
$25,000
Haworth, Inc
$75,000
Suburban Automotive
$25,000
Levy, Edward
$75,000
Van Andel, Stephen (Trust)
$25,000
MI Credit Union League
$75,000
Walbridge
$25,000
Parfet, William
$75,000
Weiser, Ronald
$25,000
Chrysler Group
$75,900
RGBSI
$10,900
Demmer, William
$50,000
Magna Services
$10,450
Ford Motor
$50,000
Dow Agrisciences
$10,000
Grand Trunk RR
$50,000
Guastello, Thomas
$10,000
Granger, Gary
$50,000
Adderly, T.E.
$10,000
Jandernoa, Michael/42 North Partners
$50,000
DLZ MI
$10,000
Meijer, Inc
$50,000
MI Chamber PAC
$10,000
Total - Top MI Donors
$5,498,393
Source: Internal Revenue Service
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The DGA’s investment in Schauer’s campaign was proportionally greater than the RGA’s support of
Snyder. Michigan donors, led by the UAW’s $2.8 million, gave the DGA $3.9 million, and the DGA
spent almost four-times that amount for TV advertising supporting Schauer. The DGA raised $85
million from all sources in 2013-2014.
Table 11: Top Michigan Donors to the Democratic Governors Association,
1/1/2013-12/31/2014
DGA Donor
UAW
Amount
$2,800,000
SEIU MI State Council
$425,000
Michigan Democratic Party
$255,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters
$100,000
Ford Motor Company
$80,000
Caidan Management
$70,000
Dow Chemical
$50,000
Chrysler
$45,350
General Motors
$30,000
NCS Pearson, Inc
$25,000
Balfor USA Group
$25,000
Magna Services
$20,000
Dow Agrosciences
$10,000
$3,935,350
Source: Internal Revenue Service
Gov. Snyder won the election with 50.9 percent of the vote, compared to 46.9 percent for Schauer.
The remaining votes were divided among minor party candidates and write-ins, none of whom reported raising campaign cash.
The 2014 campaign was the second-most expensive gubernatorial election in Michigan history, exceeded only by the $80 million contest between Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican
Dick DeVos in 2006.
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Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson had a considerable campaign finance
advantage over her Democratic challenger Godfrey Dillard: $977,000 to $172,000. Secretary Johnson’s campaign total is somewhat misleading, however: Her largest contribution, $338,000 from her
husband, Don Nanney, was a loan made to her campaign four days before books closed on the 2014
Annual campaign finance report. That loan was repaid within two weeks, but the fact of the repayment was not reported until the Pre-convention report was filed seven months later. The loan made
Ms. Johnson’s campaign account appear more imposing than it was for those seven months.
Reported independent spending supporting Secretary Johnson by Right to Life state PAC and the
Macomb, Kent and Midland County Republican Committees totaled $3,877. Mr. Dillard was supported by independent spending of $48,350 by Detroit Forward, a superPAC that was formed in 2013 to
boost Benny Napoleon’s Detroit mayoral campaign.
Secretary Johnson rolled up the largest margin of victory among the three constitutional executive
offices on Election Day with 53.5 percent of the vote, compared to Mr. Dillard’s 42.9 percent. The
remainder of the vote was divided among minor party candidates who did not raise campaign cash.
Spending in the 2014 campaign was well behind the pace of the 2010 secretary of state campaign,
when Ms. Johnson defeated Democrat Jocelyn Benson. The 2010 campaign ran to $4.5 million.
Table 12: Independent Expenditures Secretary of State Campaign, 2014
Supporting Ruth Johnson
Midland Co. Republican Cmte
$129
Macomb Co. Republican Cmte.
$429
Right to Life - MI
$1,229
Total
$1,787
Supporting Godfrey Dillard
Detroit Forward
$48,350
Sources: MI Bureau of Elections, Public files of MI broadcasters and cable systems
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Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette had a wide financial advantage in his successful campaign against Democratic challenger Mark Totten. Schuette’s campaign committee had $4
million, compared to $844,000 for Totten. Independent spending also favored Schuette, $2.6 million
to $470,000. In all, it was a $7.9 million campaign.
Table 13: Campaign Summary, Michigan Attorney General Campaign,
11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Bill Schuette Campaign Committee
$4,012,164
Reported Independent Expenditures
Mark Totten Campaign Committee
$843,827
Unreported/Unregulated TV Advert
$6,084
Macomb Co. Republican Cmte
$1,786
Kent Co. Republican Cmte
$1,787
Campaign Summary
Midland Co. Republican Cmte
$129
Candidate Committee
$840,177
Butzel Long PAC
$500
Unreported/Unregulated TV Advert
$470,000
MI Creditor Bar Assn PAC
$250
Grand Total
Right to Life - Michigan
$111
Total
Michigan Democratic State Central Cmte
$470,000
Michigan Republican Party
$1,310,177
$10,647
Unreported/Unregulated TV Advert
Michigan Advocacy Trust
$2,601,000
Campaign Summary
Candidate Committee
Reported Independent Expenditures
$4,012,164
$10,647
Unreported/Unregulated TV Advert
$2,601,000
Grand Total
$6,623,811
Sources: MI Bureau of Elections, Public files of MI broadcasters and cable systems
Most of AG Schuette’s independent spending support came in the form of television advertising by
the Michigan Advocacy Trust (MAT), a 527 committee operated by Lansing attorney Richard McLellan that purports to be a political party committee. MAT spent $2.6 million for ads about Schuette and
his opponent. None of that spending, or donors’ identities, was reported publicly by MAT to the State
of Michigan or the IRS.
Reports of receipts and expenditures filed with the IRS by the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) reveal that RAGA gave $1.15 million to MAT during 2014. The Dow Chemical Company voluntarily released reports of political spending that show that it gave $200,000 to MAT in 2014.
Other contributors to MAT remain unknown.
Attorney General Schuette was chairman-elect of RAGA during the 2014 campaign and RAGA made
other substantial contributions to Schuette’s campaign. As a committee that accepts corporate contributions, RAGA is not allowed to contribute directly to a Michigan candidate’s campaign committee,
so RAGA established a Michigan state PAC that gave $70,000 to another Michigan committee, Red
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and Blue PAC, which in turn gave $68,000, the maximum allowable PAC contribution, to Schuette’s
candidate committee. Likewise, RAGA’s Michigan PAC gave $72,000 to Decider PAC, a Michigan
state PAC, which in turn gave $68,000 to Schuette’s candidate committee. Decider PAC inexplicably
reported that it had received its contribution from the Republican State Leadership Committee, rather
than RAGA’s state PAC.
Michigan corporations gave RAGA $385,000 in 2013-2014. The leading Michigan donor to RAGA
during that time was Manoj Bhargava’s ETC Capital. It gave RAGA $180,633. ETC Capital also gave
$125,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee in October 2013, and RSLC gave $34,000
to Schuette’s campaign the same day.
Table 14: Top Michigan Donors to Republican Attorneys General Association,
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Michigan RAGA Donors
Amount
ETC Capital
$180,633
Dow Chemical
$50,000
Alticor
$25,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield MI
$25,000
DTE Energy
$25,000
On Duty for Michigan (Schuette)
$25,000
Haworth
$20,000
Ford Motor
$15,000
CMS Energy
$10,000
Meijer
$10,000
Total
$385,633
Source: Internal Revenue Service
Several committees did report to the State that they had made independent expenditures supporting
Schuette, mostly for display ads, which totaled $10,647.
Totten’s independent spending support came in the form of unreported television advertising sponsored by the Michigan Democratic State Central Committee in the amount of $470,000. That advertising ran only in the Detroit media market..
Attorney General Schuette won the election with 52.1 percent of the vote. Mark Totten got 44.2 percent, and minor party candidates who had not raised campaign cash divided the remainder.
The 2014 attorney general campaign was the most expensive in Michigan history, topping the $6.3
million 2010 campaign in which Mr. Schuette won the open seat against Democrat David Leyton.
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Michigan Legislature
Michigan Senate
In the first Michigan Senate election since the 2011 redistricting, Republicans enjoyed great success
in 2014. They gained one seat and extended their super-majority to 27-11.
Overall financial resources, including independent expenditures, were up slightly for the general
election candidates compared to 2010: $17,467,679 compared to $17,363,901. However, when
financial support for unsuccessful primary candidates is added to the total, 2010 had a higher total:
$19,653,310, compared to $19,022,840 in 2014. Both the general election total and the overall total
are less than the record-setting 2006 campaign, when the respective totals were $18,198,159 and
$19,974,297.
Table 15: Profile of Michigan Senate Races, 2014 Cycle
Candidate Committees
Total resources
$14,728,729
Average raised *
$233,789
Median raised*
$180,880
Most raised by a winner (O’Brien-20th Dist)
$1,184,749
Least raised by a winner (Young-1st Dist.)
$31,801
Average raised by a winner
$307,678
Average raised by unsuccessful candidates *
$67,488
Independent Expenditures (IE)
Total IE
$1,851,814
Candidates supported by IE
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Average amount of IE **
$47,482
Median Amount of IE **
$1,177
Most IE (Zorn-17th Dist.)
$607,469
Election Results
Number of seats
38
Winners with funding superiority
38
Number of incumbents
28
Winning incumbents
28
Incumbents with money advantage
28
Waivers / No funds raised
20
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
* Candidates who did not raise money are not considered in overall average and median.
They are included in average for unsuccessful candidates.
**Only candidates supported by IE are included in average and median amounts.
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The 20th District race between Republican Rep. Margaret O’Brien and Democratic Rep. Sean McCann was the closest vote margin, by far, with O’Brien winning by just 61 votes. It was also the most
expensive Senate race in Michigan history at $2,646,586. O’Brien had $1,599,871 in financial backing; McCann had $920,857; and Libertarian former Rep. Lorence Wenke had $125,857. The 20th
District campaign broke the previous record for spending in a Michigan Senate race that was set in
the 2006 contest between Republican Tom George and Democrat Alexander Lipsey for the same
seat. The 2006 race cost $2,308,000.
Table 16: Most Expensive Michigan Senate Races, 2014 Cycle
Dist.
Candidate
Party
Beginning
Balance
Contributions/
Other Receipts
In-kind Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Total Financial
Resources
Votes
Vote
%
20
O’Brien, Margaret
R
$-
$970,112
$214,637
$415,122
$1,599,871
36,645
46%
20
McCann, Sean
D
$-
$815,806
$28,824
$76,227
$920,857
36,584
46%
20
Wenke, Lorence
L
$21,288
$104,569
$-
$-
$125,857
7,171
9%
$2,646,585
17
Zorn, Dale
R
$-
$282,456
$548,425
$607,469
$1,438,350
38,442
51%
17
Spade, Doug
D
$1,840
$247,071
$23,212
$1,149
$273,272
34,706
46%
17
Andring, Jeff
UST
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
2,039
3%
$956,502
49,452
54%
$599,654
41,539
46%
$1,711,622
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Horn, Ken
R
$-
$397,545
$222,999
$335,958
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Oakes, Stacey Erwin
D
$-
$587,878
$1,995
$9,781
$1,556,156
7
Colbeck, Patrick
R
$2,188
$259,901
$200,422
$95,552
$558,063
52,567
53%
7
Slavens, Dian
D
$-
$287,056
$41,015
$104,721
$432,792
47,110
47%
$990,855
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Hansen, Goeff
R
$87,584
$409,173
$203,199
$22,338
$722,294
39,129
56%
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Forbes, Cathy
D
$-
$150,150
$28,990
$9,440
$188,580
31,246
44%
$910,874
Total - Top 5 races
$112,900
$4,511,717
$1,513,718
$1,677,757
$7,360,655
Total - All 38 races
$887,060
$12,932,712
$1,796,017
$1,851,890 $17,467,679
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Reflecting the overall lack of competitiveness in Senate races, just five of the 38 seats had 43 percent of all financial resources, 84 percent of in-kind contributions (mainly from the Senate Republican
and Democratic caucuses’ PACs) and 90 percent of independent expenditures. The in-kind contributions and independent expenditures are made in the seats that are perceived to be most competitive.
At the other extreme, fourteen major party candidates filed for a reporting waiver, indicating they
would raise and spend less than $1,000.
Only one race beside the 20th District was decided by a vote margin of less than five percentage
points: Republican Rep. Dale Zorn’s win over Democratic former Rep. Doug Spade by 4.9 percent in
the 17th District. Only one race outside the five most expensive was decided by less than 10 percent
of the vote: Republican Sen. Mike Green’s nine percent win over Democrat Ron Mindykowski in the
31st District.
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The narrowest winning margin by a Democratic senator was a landslide 25 percent for Sen. HoonYung Hopgood in the 6th District. That is symptomatic of a technically proficient gerrymander. Republicans have had total control of the last two decennial redistricting processes and they have packed
the maximum number of Democrats into a minimal number of districts.
No incumbents were defeated in the 2014 Senate elections. No candidate was able to defeat an
opponent who had greater financial backing in the general election.
Notable Michigan Senate Primaries
Three 2014 Senate primary election campaigns had unusually high spending totals that topped
$400,000.
• Incumbent Sen. Virgil Smith was outspent by Rep. Rashida Tlaib in the 4th District Democratic primary, $233,349 to $175,890, but Smith won the vote, 11,597 to 9,742.
• Incumbent Sen. Mike Kowall outspent Matt Maddock in the 15th District Republican primary, $357,927 to $74,478, and Kowall won the vote, 11,344 to 9,721.
• Rep. Wayne Schmidt outspent Rep. Greg MacMaster in the 35th District Republican primary, $397,740 to $65,079, and Schmidt benefitted from $110,000 in independent expenditures. Schmidt won the vote, 19,107 to 15,312.
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Michigan House of Representatives
In aggregate, the 2014 Michigan House campaigns were the most expensive ever. Candidates
in the general election had total financial backing, including independent expenditures, which totaled $21,617,762. When unsuccessful primary election candidates are included, finances totaled
$25,455,251. Previous high totals from 2012 were $21,614,719 for general election candidates and
$24,334,131 for all financial support for all candidates.
Table 17: Profile of Michigan House of Representatives Races, 2014 Cycle
Candidate Committees
Total resources
$19,293,695
Average raised *
$97,773
Median raised*
$56,656
Most raised by a winner (Brinks-76th Dist)
$639,208
Least raised by a winner (Robinson-1st Dist.)
Average raised by a winner
Average raised by unsuccessful candidates *
$9,949
$117,750
$43,342
Independent Expenditures (IE)
Total IE
$2,324,492
Candidates supported by IE
Average amount of IE **
104
$22,351
Median Amount of IE **
Most IE (Franz-101st Dist.)
$848
$371,467
Election Results
Number of seats
110
Winners with funding superiority
103
Number of incumbents
68
Winning incumbents
65
Incumbents with money advantage
66
Waivers / No funds raised
46
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
* Candidates who did not raise money are not considered in overall average and median.
They are included in average for unsuccessful candidates.
**Only candidates supported by IE are included in average and median amounts.
The ten most expensive House races consumed 41.6 percent of all financial resources, 79 percent
of all in-kind contributions (mostly from the House Republican and Democratic caucuses’ PACs) and
69.5 percent of all independent expenditures. The in-kind and independent expenditures generally
are applied in those races that are judged by both parties to be winnable. Those ten races also were
the nexus of the most competitive electoral outcomes, with three of the races decided by less than
one percent of the vote; three more races decided by less than five percent of the vote; and four
races decided by less than 10 percent of the vote. Republicans won eight of the ten most expensive
races and Democrats won two.
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Table 18: Most Expensive Michigan House Races, 2014 Cycle
Dist.
Candidate
Party
Beginning
Balance
Contributions/
Other Receipts
In-kind Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Total Financial
Resources
Votes
Vote
%
76
DeJonge, Donijo
R
$-
$161,523
$270,546
$96,209
$528,278
13,822 46%
76
Brinks, Winnie inc.
D
$6,826
$226,251
$412,957
$20,328
$666,362
15,804 52%
UST
waiver
$-
$-
$-
76
Mohr, William
Total
$-
689
2%
$1,194,640
91
Hughes, Holly
R
$15,062
$282,197
$105,497
$175,082
$577,838
12,734 47%
91
LaMonte, Collene inc.
D
$9,364
$239,766
$267,764
$11,155
$528,049
12,681 46%
91
Jager, Alan
NPA
$-
$4,461
$1,240
$-
$5,701
71
Barrett, Tom
R
$-
$178,918
$295,331
$4,025
$478,274
17,760 50%
71
Abed, Theresa inc..
D
$14,794
$155,045
$341,956
$34,730
$546,525
17,612 50%
Total
1,959
7%
$1,111,588
Total
$1,024,799
101
Franz, Ray inc.
R
$2,518
$147,785
$109,237
$371,467
$631,007
18,639 50%
101
Stobie, Tom
D
$-
$171,179
$196,260
$-
$367,439
18,319 50%
Total
$998,446
99
Cotter, Kevin inc..
R
$17,642
$245,985
$237,251
$66,546
$567,424
11,347 52%
99
Mielke, Bryan
D
$-
$115,539
$286,696
$1,836
$404,071
10,676 49%
Total
$971,495
61
Iden, Brandt
R
$-
$158,237
$162,406
$97,917
$418,560
16,016 48%
61
Fisher, John
D
$-
$54,439
$372,803
$-
$427,242
14,148 43%
61
Stampfler, Michael
L
$-
$3,000
$-
$-
$3,000
Total
2,941
9%
$848,802
85
Glardon, Ben inc.
R
$32,040
$205,212
$183,120
$106,022
$526,394
16,881 53%
85
Braidwood, Annie
D
$-
$90,633
$177,186
$2,252
$270,071
13,714 43%
85
Snyder, Roger
L
waiver
$-
$-
$-
$-
Total
1,473
5%
$796,465
39
Kesto, Klint inc..
R
$13,234
$312,792
$136,932
$27,850
$490,808
16,740 52%
39
Colvin, Sandy
D
$-
$113,103
$422
$129,936
$243,461
15,300 48%
Total
62
62
$734,269
Bizon, John
R
$-
$225,665
$62,389
$301,718
Helmboldt, Andy
D
$-
$66,400
$15,857
$-
Total
$589,772
11,875 51%
$82,257
11,336 49%
$672,029
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Hawatmeh, Nick
R
$-
$164,045
$119,391
$49,465
$332,901
13,026 47%
25
Yanez, Henry
D
$15,863
$159,730
$8,402
$119,099
$303,094
14,974 54%
Total - Top 10 races
$127,343
$3,481,905
$3,763,643
$1,615,637
$8,988,528
Total - All 110 races
$1,010,145
$13,524,180
$4,759,370
$2,324,492
$21,617,762
Total
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$635,995
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Just five other races were decided by less than 10 percent of the vote, only two of which were decided by less than five percent:
• 56th District: Jason Shepard (R) defeated Tom Redmond (D) by 3.2 percent;
• 23rd District: Patrick Somerville (R) defeated David Haener (D)) by 4.2 percent;
• 104th District: Larry Inman (R) defeated Betsy Coffia (D) by 6.4 percent;
• 67th District: Tom Cochran (D) defeated John Hayhoe (R) by 8.6 percent;
• 30th District: Jeff Farrington (R) defeated Bo Karpinsky (D) by 9.6 percent.
Two incumbents, Democratic Reps. Theresa Abed and Collene LaMonte, lost in the general election.
LaMonte lost by 53 votes to former Rep. Holly Hughes in the 91st District. Abed lost by 148 votes to
challenger Tom Barrett in the 71st District.
Only four candidates defeated an opponent who had greater financial backing in the general election:
Henry Yanez (D), 25th Dist.; Michael Webber (R), 45th Dist.; Brandt Iden (R), 61st Dist.; Tom Barrett
(R), 71st Dist.
At the extreme of uncompetitiveness, 35 major party candidates had reporting waivers, meaning
they would raise and spend less than $1,000. Eleven minor party candidates also filed for reporting
waivers.
Republicans gained four seats in the 2014 election to boost their majority in the Michigan House to
63-47.
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Education Boards
The 2014 election was the first time in the last five elections where one party, or the other, failed to
sweep all eight statewide education seats. Democrats swept the statewide education slate in 2006,
2008 and 2012. Republicans swept them in 2010.
Democrats won seven of the eight seats, and Republican former Michigan State University trustee Melanie Foster rebounded from her 2012 electoral defeat to regain a seat on the MSU Board of
Trustees.
The winning Democrats were: incumbent Casandra Ulbrich and Pamela Pugh Smith on the State
Board of Education; incumbent Kathy White and Mike Behm on the University of Michigan Board of
Regents; incumbent George Perles on the MSU Board of Trustees; and retired Michigan Supreme
Court Justice Marilyn Kelly and Dana Thompson on the Wayne State University Board of Governors.
The elections for the State Board of Education and the governing boards of the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University are widely regarded to be the place on
the ballot where voters’ underlying party preferences are expressed. Typically the candidates for
these offices are not widely recognized and their campaigns are generally not sufficiently funded to
have a great impact statewide.
The campaign for University of Michigan regent of former Michigan Republican Party chairman Ron
Weiser illustrates the degree to which the education seats appear to be disassociated from money.
Weiser, who has been a major financial benefactor of U-M, self-funded $1 million and amassed a
campaign account of $1,477,000 but came up short against opponents whose campaign committees
had a fraction of his financial resources.
Table 19: Campaign Finance Summary State Education Governing Boards, 2014 Cycle
State Board of Education
Rep
$-
$11,530
$3,371
$1,326
$7,729
$3,801
$10,726
1,279,122
Williams, Jonathan Tade Rep
$-
$6,680
$352
$1,326
$6,680
$-
$-
1,206,419
Smith, Pamela Pugh
Dem
$-
$6,260
$-
$5,342
$918
$-
1,368,790
Ulbrich, Casandra E.
Dem
$727
$13,400
$-
$10,829
$3,298
$-
1,309,760
Moore, Kimberly
Lib
waiver
114,666
Stempfle, Gregory Scott
Lib
waiver
75,702
Adams, John
UST
waiver
82,511
Adams, Karen
UST
waiver
65,828
Wells, Sherry A.
Grn
waiver
60,516
Mattson, Nikki
NLP
waiver
30,099
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$37,870
In-Kind
$3,723
Independent
Expenditures
$2,652
Expenditures
Votes
Carl, Maria
$727
Receipts
Debt
Party
Totals
Beg Bal
Balance
Candidate
$30,580
$8,017
$10,726
5,593,413
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Candidate
Party
Steele, Rob
Rep
$2,348
$55,192
$-
$1,326
Weiser, Ronald
Rep
$-
$1,427,700
$-
$1,215
Behm, Mike
Dem
$-
$41,487
$-
White, Kathy
Dem
$50,998
$32,298
$30
Hudler, James Lewis
Lib
waiver
75,885
Jascob, John
Lib
waiver
71,834
Sanger, Joe
UST
waiver
59,826
Schwartz, Christine C.
UST
waiver
84,852
Swanson, Ian
Grn
waiver
58,059
Totals
Beg Bal
$53,346
Receipts
$1,556,677
In-Kind
Independent
Expenditures
$30
Expenditures
Debt
Votes
$1,611
$36,591
1,256,253
$-
$-
1,260,318
$28,067
$13,420
$2,500
1,264,901
$48,963
$34,333
$2,215
1,354,276
$55,929
$1,427,700
$2,541 $1,560,659
Balance
$49,364
$41,306
5,486,204
Debt
Votes
$6,774
1,289,104
Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Candidate
Party
Foster, Melanie
Rep
Sakwa, Jeff
Owen, Faylene
Beg Bal
Receipts
In-Kind
Independent
Expenditures
Expenditures
Balance
$5,834
$147,165
$1,750
$1,295
$152,624
Rep
$3,349
$106,112
$-
$1,326
$109,461
$-
$-
1,208,579
Dem
$15,344
$48,611
$2,631
$61,558
$2,397
$-
1,261,202
Perles, George J.
Dem
$-
$4,900
$-
$4,900
$-
$-
1,292,674
Miller, Michael H.
Lib
waiver
86,627
Moses, Raymond
Lib
waiver
67,647
Van Sickle, Crystal
UST
waiver
73,506
$375
Young, Stephen J.
UST
waiver
58,295
Adrianson, Adam
Grn
waiver
33,914
Link, Terry
Grn
$-
Guzman, Bridgette
NLP
waiver
Totals
$24,527
$6,174
$-
$6,174
$-
$-
59,718
35,097
$312,962
$4,381
$2,621
$334,717
$2,772
$6,774
5,466,363
Wayne State University Board of Governors
Candidate
Party
Beg Bal
Busuito, Michael
Rep
waiver
Jasti, Satish
Rep
$-
Receipts
In-Kind
Independent
Expenditures
Expenditures
Balance
Debt
Votes
$97
$27,894
$-
$97
1,242,691
$27,894
$-
$-
1,092,159
Kelly, Marilyn
Dem
$-
$7,300
$2,464
$7,300
$-
$-
1,372,759
Thompson, Dana Alicia
Dem
$-
$27,379
$26,524
$18,435
$8,944
$6,783
1,247,653
Goebel, Dan
Lib
waiver
88,944
Wright, Brian Richard
Lib
waiver
77,477
Matkin, Shari A.
UST
waiver
59,470
Sosnowski, Marc
Joseph
UST
waiver
57,254
Guttshall, Margaret
Grn
waiver
44,974
Redding, Latham T.
Grn
waiver
37,134
Robson, Yolanda
NLP
waiver
29,053
Totals
$Michigan Campaign Finance Network
$62,573
$28,988
$194
$53,629
$8,944
$6,783
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Political Parties
Campaign finance reporting by the state’s Democratic and Republican Parties is unlike any other
committee. The parties don’t file any summary records. They merely submit long strings of individual
records of receipts and expenditures.
The parties’ sources of financial support are dramatically dissimilar. Almost 88 percent of the Republicans Party’s contributions of $8.9 million came from individuals – particularly the DeVos family, which
gave $2.3 million.
The Democratic Party raised $5.9 million. Interest groups’ PACs provided 44 percent of that total,
with candidate committees and the Democratic legislative caucuses each providing another 20 percent. The UAW’s state PAC was the top donor at $1.3 million.
Table 20: Michigan Democratic Party State Account Campaign Finance Summary, 2010-2014
Receipts
2014
2012
2010
Contributions
Individuals
$342,822
6%
$695,856
13%
$333,405
6%
Candidate Committees
1,188,036
20%
916,714
17%
1,647,593
31%
Caucus Committees
1,160,361
20%
604,513
11%
847,250
16%
PACs - Interest groups
2,571,505
44%
2,848,820
52%
1,917,075
36%
PACs - Leadership
241,895
4%
52,240
1%
224,843
4%
Party Cmte - State/co./dist./local
359,012
6%
215,695
4%
320,599
6%
Total Contributions
$5,863,631 100%
Other Receipts
10,000
0%
Total Receipts
$5,873,631
100%
$5,333,838 97%
170,475
$5,290,765 100%
3%
-
0%
$5,504,313 100%
$5,290,765
100%
$2,098,101
$1,233,946
Expenditures
Direct Contributions
$883,154
In-kind Contributions
656,249
1t9,275
244,561
1,223
1,620,263
1,395,967
-
9,298
12,695
$2,571,330
$3,746,937
$2,887,170
2,873,360
2,080,771
2,378,145
$5,444,690
$5,827,708
$5,265,315
Independent Expenditures
Get Out the Vote (GOTV)
Total State Expenditures
Nonfederal Share of Joint Activities
Total Expenditures
Source: MCFN analysis of data from MI Bureau of Elections and Federal Elections Commission
The Michigan Democratic State Central Committee reported state spending of $2.57 million;
$883,000 for direct contributions and $656,000 for in-kind contributions. The MDSCC reported $2.9
million as its nonfederal share of joint activities.
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Table 22: Michigan Democratic Party State Account Top Donors,
1/1/2013-12/31/2014
Individuals: $342,822; Committees: $5,520,809
Donor
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary
PAC
Amount
$1,330,000
MI House Democratic Fund
$717,200
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$450,234
MI Senate Democratic Fund
$442,986
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$387,500
Mark Schauer for Governor
$361,198
Iowa Democratic Party
$218,500
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$162,000
CTE Winnie Brinks
$113,100
Richard Bernstein for Justice
$100,575
Donor
Amount
CTE Mary Kerwin
$15,000
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$13,000
Genesee Co. Democratic Cmte.
$11,800
Friends of Kathy White
$11,045
Western Washtenaw Democratic Club
$11,000
(Brandon) Dillon Majority Fund
$10,700
CTE Sandy Colvin
$10,125
CTE Lynn Mason
$10,100
Bernstein Family PAC
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM
PAC
$10,000
CTE Collene Lamonte
$95,350
CTE Michael Behm
$10,000
CTE Judge Bill Murphy
$89,500
Friends of Macomb
$10,000
Katz, Nancy
$86,060
Kayrouz, Joumana
$10,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$76,300
Macomb Leadership PAC (Mark Hackel)
$10,000
Friends for Theresa Abed
$69,000
Mark Totten for Attorney General
$10,000
Silberstein, Steve
$65,000
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC
$10,000
ACTBLUE
$58,495
$10,000
Friends of Gretchen Driskell
$57,000
United Food & Commercial Workers Union
PAC
Taubman, Alfred
$50,000
Communications Workers of America MI
Action Cmte
$47,000
Light, Tim
$33,000
CTE Tom Cochran
$30,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$30,000
CTE Annie Brown
$27,500
Friends of Tom Stobie
$27,000
MI Laborers Political League
$25,760
Macomb Co. Democratic Cmte
$25,070
Koza, John
$25,000
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$25,000
CTE Tom Redmond
$23,125
Democratic State Central Cmte
$21,490
Friends of Henry Yanez
$20,275
Democratic Governors Assn
$20,042
Papas Dimitrios
$20,000
Friends of Bryan Mielke
$19,375
Goodrich, Robert
$15,553
(Phil) Cavanagh Leadership Fund
$15,100
Anthony Marrocco Victory PAC
$15,020
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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The parties’ reported state spending was a fraction of what each raised. The Michigan Republican
Party reported spending $2.15 million, $1.3 of which was independent expenditures. For the nonfederal share of joint activities, the MRP reported $5.1 million to the Federal Election Commission.
Table 21: Michigan Republican Party State Account Campaign Finance Summary, 2010-2014
Receipts
2014
2012
2010
Contributions
$7,858,826
88%
$4,342,069
94%
$3,728,677
40%
Candidate Committees
Individuals
133,500
1%
5,141
0%
79,398
1%
Caucus PACs
100,000
1%
-
0%
-
0%
PACs - Interest groups
185,223
2%
108,400
2%
5,327,700
58%
PACs - Leadership
124,185
1%
119,300
3%
4,275
0%
Party Cmte - State/co./dist./local
506,500
6%
7,800
0%
10,551
0%
Total Contributions
$8,908,234 99%
Other Receipts
67,055
1%
Total Receipts
$8,975,289
100%
$4,582,709
99%
25,970
1%
$4,608,679 100%
$9,150,601 99%
68,946
1%
$9,219,602 100%
Expenditures
Direct Contributions
In-kind Contributions
Independent Expenditures
Get Out the Vote (GOTV)
Total State Expenditures
Nonfederal Share of Joint Activities
Total Expenditures
$460,635
$525,483
$643,004
126,145
71,705
25,664
1,314,683
1,112,149
5,194,195
-
-
415,138
$1,709,337
$6,278,001
5,136,140
2,616,140
3,149,890
$7,287,195
$4,325,477
$9,427,891
$2,151,055
Source: MCFN analysis of data from MI Bureau of Elections and Federal Elections Commission
Throughout the 21st Century – until 2014 - both parties had spent heavily on unreported candidate-focused television advertising about candidates’ suitability to hold office that carefully avoided
explicitly exhorting a vote. In 2014 the Republican Party had a near-monopoly on that category of
dark money spending. The Democrats spent just $470,000 in the attorney general campaign for unreported television advertisements. The Republicans spent $5.7 million for bogus “issue” ads in the
gubernatorial campaign and $4.2 million in the Supreme Court campaign. The contributions that paid
for that undisclosed spending are not disclosed either.
It is preposterous on its face that the political parties spend millions to define the candidates’ character and qualifications, but that spending doesn’t fit the definition of a campaign expenditure. Election
after election, Michigan voters are deprived of their right to know the identity of major actors in political campaigns.
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Table 23: Michigan Republican Party State Account Top Donors,
1/1/2013-12/31/2014
Individuals: $7,858,826; Committees: $1,049,407
Donor
DeVos family
Amount
$2,310,000
Donor
Amount
Letica Saad, Mara
$50,000
Kennedy, John III
$510,000
Webber, Wayne
$50,000
Soave, Anthony
$380,000
Prechter, Waltraud
$47,600
Jandernoa, Michael
$310,000
Bryan, Timothy
$45,000
Karmanos, Peter
$310,000
Blumenstein, Harold
$40,000
Parfet, William
$285,000
Boji, Ron
$40,000
RGA Michigan PAC
$276,000
Cappo, Jeffrey
$40,000
Young, William
$230,000
Celani, Thomas
$40,000
MI Repubilcan Party - Levin Account
$225,000
Ferrantino, Michael Jr
$40,000
Van Andel, Stephen
$205,000
Citizens for Common Sense
$37,185
Becker, Charles
$160,000
Eisenberg, Kenneth
$30,000
Pasky, Cynthia
$155,000
Holtzman, Jonathan
$30,000
Taubman, Alfred
$150,000
Katzman, David
$30,000
Van Andel, Carol and David
$135,000
Long, Robert
$30,000
Taubman,Julia and Robert
$130,000
Manoogian, Richard
$30,000
Aikens, Robert
$126,400
Ross, Sydney
$30,000
Applebaum, Marcia and Eugene
$110,000
Simon, Fawaz Sam
$30,000
Liggett, Robert Jr
$110,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$25,000
Jung, Jerrold
$105,000
Brown, Edward
$25,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$100,000
Foss, Donald
$25,000
Weiser, Ronald
$100,000
Hodges, Paul
$25,000
Adderley, Terrence
$90,000
Trott, David
$25,000
Demmer, William
$90,000
Walters, Robert
$25,000
Newman, Ann
$84,526
Atlas Oil PAC
$20,000
Goeff Hansen for Senate
$75,000
Carroll, David
$20,000
Dauch, Sandra
$65,000
Deary, William
$20,000
Secchia, Peter
$65,000
Ghafari, Yousif
$20,000
Skandalaris, Robert
$65,000
Kramer, Robert
$20,000
Dean, Kellie
$60,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Haworth, Richard
$60,000
Jansma, Sydney Jr
$60,000
SF Properties LLC PAC (Schostak Family
PAC)
$60,000
Forbes, Sydney
$55,000
Huizenga, J.C.
$55,000
Nicholson, James B.
$55,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$50,000
Dave Hildenbrand for Senate
$50,000
Glancy, Ruth
$50,000
Granger, Gary
$50,000
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Political Action Committees
Michigan’s top 150 political action committees (PACs) collectively raised more than $68 million in the
period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014, smashing the previous record of $51.9
million for the top 150 state PACs that had stood since the 2006 election cycle.
The 2014 election cycle was the first in which superPACs - independent-expenditure committees
that are free to accept union and corporate treasury funds - were a major presence on the list of top
PACs. Thirty-two of the top 150 PACs in 2014 were superPACs, including 20 of the top 40.
In 2010, the year in which superPACs had been legalized by the Citizens United and SpeechNow
decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, only two superPACs made the list of the 150
biggest Michigan state PACs. In 2012, when ballot committees were dominating state political spending, 11 superPACs were among the top 150 state PACs.
The RGA Michigan PAC was nominally the biggest PAC in the 2014 cycle at $4,688,934. However,
the PAC returned $4.2 million to its parent organization, the Republican Governors Association. The
parent organization, in turn, was deeply involved in Michigan’s 2014 gubernatorial race, spending
more than $10 million for television ads touting Gov. Rick Snyder that was not reported to the State.
State reports did not include other significant activity. Independence USA PAC, a federal PAC funded
by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that did not register as a state PAC, spent $2.7 million
in 2014 for television advertisements supporting Gov. Snyder. And while the Democratic Governors
Association had a Michigan state PAC that raised $137,500, its parent organization spent more than
$15 million for television advertisements that were not reported to the State.
A number of the superPACs demonstrated a penchant to emerge quickly as a major force, and disappear just as quickly. Of the 32 superPACs on the list of the top 150 state PACs, 18 were newly established in Michigan in the 2014 cycle. Six state superPACs that spent almost $10 million dissolved
after the election.
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Table 24: Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees,
Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Rank
Committee
1/1/13-12/31/14
1/1/11-12/31/12
% change
1
RGA Michigan PAC
$4,688,934
n/a
n/a
2
House Republican Campaign Committee
3,963,641
$2,885,005
37%
3
MI House Democratic Fund
3,296,441
2,288,676
44%
4
Turnaround Detroit (SuperPAC) (support Mike Duggan)
3,166,770
n/a
n/a
5
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
2,938,000
758,511
287%
6
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
2,587,615
1,630,824
59%
7
Michigan for All (SuperPAC)
2,091,403
n/a
n/a
8
Workers Voice (SuperPAC)
1,500,052
3,358
44570%
9
NEA Advocacy Fund (SuperPAC)
1,212,450
75,000
1517%
10
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
1,176,542
1,155,774
2%
11
MI Senate Democratic Fund
1,166,753
534,248
118%
12
A.F.S.C.M.E. for MI (SuperPAC)
1,156,500
n/a
n/a
13
NextGen Climate Action MI (SuperPAC)
1,055,000
n/a
n/a
14
SEIU Community Alliance MI (SuperPAC)
1,052,401
n/a
n/a
15
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
986,707
1,560,921
-37%
16
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
985,184
1,484,700
-34%
17
Hardworking Americans (SuperPAC)
954,026
n/a
n/a
1
18
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
883,257
745,234
19%
19
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
860,532
757,556
14%
20
MI Assn of Realtors (SuperPAC)
843,105
419,000
101%
21
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
828,812
958,544
-14%
22
American Federation of Teachers Solidarity 527 (SuperPAC)
764,352
n/a
n/a
23
Progressive Kick Michigan (SuperPAC)
740,000
n/a
n/a
24
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
714,347
626,957
14%
25
Natl Nurses Unted for Patient Protection (SuperPAC)
713,700
n/a
n/a
26
Humane Society MI Legis Fund (SuperPAC)
708,541
n/a
n/a
27
DTE Energy Co. PAC
698,411
606,708
15%
28
Comerica Inc. PAC
624,945
536,751
16%
29
Michigan Chamber PAC III (SuperPAC)
594,675
419,281
42%
30
United Steelworkers Works (SuperPAC)
590,465
n/a
n/a
31
Conservation Voters Of Michigan (SuperPAC)
556,280
197,665
181%
32
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC II (SuperPAC)
535,000
796,250
-33%
33
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
531,325
374,224
42%
34
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
530,093
199,629
166%
35
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW COPE
526,169
260,548
102%
36
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
523,682
427,963
22%
37
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos Family)
479,320
500,000
-4%
38
Detroit Forward (SuperPAC) (support Benny Napoleon)
472,400
n/a
n/a
39
MI Planned Parenthood Votes (SuperPAC)
451,727
n/a
n/a
2
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America Votes MI Action Fund (SuperPAC)
451,000
229,938
96%
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MI Laborers Political League
445,050
272,657
63%
42
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
431,299
350,942
23%
43
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
415,005
371,325
12%
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Table 24: Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, 2014
Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014 (continued)
Rank
40
Committee
1/1/13-12/31/14
1/1/11-12/31/12
% change
268,500
65%
44
Detroit Auto Dealers / DAD PAC
410,000
45
Progress Michigan (SuperPAC)
407,000
n/a
n/a
46
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
374,913
342,327
10%
47
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
354,433
41,150
761%
48
Turn Around Wayne County (SuperPAC)
(support Warren Evans)
340,150
n/a
n/a
49
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
336,027
315,659
6%
50
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
335,696
339,303
-1%
51
Quicken Loans PAC MI
324,500
204,250
59%
52
MI Pipe Trades Association (SuperPAC)
310,527
n/a
n/a
53
Policy Over Party (SuperPAC) (Intl Operating Engineers
Union)
300,000
n/a
n/a
54
Iowa Democratic Party
299,100
n/a
n/a
55
Miller Canfield PAC
295,000
420,031
-30%
56
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
272,250
376,046
-28%
57
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
271,450
287,750
-6%
58
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
270,968
252,628
7%
59
Anthony Marrocco Victory PAC
270,649
32,262
739%
60
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
269,011
n/a
n/a
61
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
251,390
1,950
12792%
62
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
248,111
493,300
-50%
63
Meijer PAC
238,093
343,172
-31%
64
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
236,051
n/a
n/a
65
(Jim) Ananich Future Fund
235,902
53,288
343%
66
Working America MI (SuperPAC) (UAW)
231,883
10,444
2120%
67
Police Officers Assn of MI Legislative Fund
229,730
177,526
29%
68
MI Auto Dealers Assn. / MAD PAC
229,715
236,565
-3%
69
ACTBLUE Michigan
228,952
122,850
86%
70
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
220,527
217,548
1%
71
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
215,519
189,088
14%
72
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
211,975
495,177
-57%
73
Michigan Freedom Network
211,725
n/a
n/a
74
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
207,251
196,604
5%
75
MI Restaurant Assn. PAC
204,150
190,262
7%
76
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
200,355
298,310
-33%
77
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union (SuperPAC)
198,014
n/a
n/a
78
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
197,100
192,145
3%
79
Right to Life of MI PAC
186,150
225,704
-18%
80
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
183,117
180,707
1%
81
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
182,945
70,366
160%
82
Red and Blue PAC
180,490
-
n/a
83
Delta Dental PAC
173,728
115,611
50%
84
ITC Holdings Corp. PAC-MI
172,465
150,761
14%
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Table 24: Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, 2014
Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014 (continued)
Rank
85
Committee
MHSA PAC
1/1/13-12/31/14
1/1/11-12/31/12
% change
170,000
148,000
15%
86
AT&T Michigan PAC
167,175
191,573
-13%
87
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
163,300
24,525
566%
88
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
156,271
92,963
68%
89
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
152,403
6,850
2125%
90
Axcess Financial Services, Inc PAC
151,687
n/a
n/a
91
EPEC Intl Union of Operating Engineers (SuperPAC)
151,439
n/a
n/a
92
COMM-PAC
149,800
217,750
-31%
93
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
148,382
132,053
12%
94
Macomb Leadership PAC (Mark Hackel)
142,925
58,050
146%
95
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
142,754
140,277
2%
96
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
142,380
19,175
643%
97
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
142,282
207,177
-31%
98
Powering the Econmy (SuperPAC) (Detroit Regional Chamber)
141,535
n/a
n/a
99
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
140,083
91,497
53%
100
Bernstein Family PAC
140,000
25,970
439%
101
Democratic Governors Assn - MI PAC
137,500
n/a
n/a
102
Michigan Deserves Better (SuperPAC)
135,100
n/a
n/a
103
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
134,673
171,484
-21%
104
Dykema Gossett State PAC
134,102
110,001
22%
105
Rebekah Warren Leadership Fund
130,454
n/a
n/a
106
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
129,622
125,345
3%
107
Communications Workers Of America MI Action Comm
129,350
8,800
1370%
108
Michigan List
129,283
36,957
250%
109
MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC
127,314
122,789
4%
110
Clark Hill PAC
126,500
131,000
-3%
111
Registrars Local 58 Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
124,969
101,770
23%
112
SF Properties LLC PAC (Schostak Family PAC)
123,450
170,000
-27%
113
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC
121,995
118,284
3%
114
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
120,606
120,394
0%
115
(Jim) Ananich Senate Majority Fund
119,664
n/a
n/a
116
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
119,080
113,214
5%
117
U.P. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 506
118,938
10,589
1023%
118
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
118,238
90,419
31%
119
(Mike) Kowall Majority Fund
117,850
n/a
n/a
120
(Brandon) Dillon Majority Fund
117,815
51,561
128%
121
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
114,553
9,975
1048%
122
Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC PAC
111,370
75,337
48%
123
MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC
111,315
110,270
1%
124
Independent Voters PAC (Anthony Marrocco)
111,300
175,270
-36%
125
County Road Assn. of MI / CRAM-RUSH PAC
108,657
119,665
-9%
126
Planned Parenthood Advocates of MI
106,271
172,404
-38%
127
MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC
105,780
130,685
-19%
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Table 24: Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, 2014
Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014 (continued)
Rank
Committee
1/1/13-12/31/14
1/1/11-12/31/12
% change
128
Frankenmuth PAC
103,936
100,639
3%
129
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
103,750
44,520
133%
130
(Sam) Singh for Michigan
103,258
29,176
254%
131
Black Slate Inc.
101,695
67,720
50%
132
Republican State Leadership Comm MI PAC
101,353
3,576
2734%
133
Centerpoint PAC (Raleigh Studios)
100,000
47,500
111%
134
MI Assn of Health Plans (SuperPAC)
99,449
55,789
78%
135
Int’l. Union of Painters & Allied Trades
95,717
27,431
249%
136
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
94,927
92,988
2%
137
Rizzo Environmental Services PAC
94,875
n/a
n/a
138
College Republican National Committee (SuperPAC)
93,792
n/a
n/a
139
Macomb Crimefighters PAC
93,045
32,100
190%
140
Small Business Assn of MI PAC II (SuperPAC)
89,326
59,870
49%
141
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
88,463
91,468
-3%
142
(Gretchen) Whitmer Leadership Fund
82,959
78,195
6%
143
21st Century Club
82,950
88,840
-7%
144
Outdoors Michigan PAC
82,940
n/a
n/a
145
Waste Management PAC
81,049
102,570
-21%
146
MI Osteopathic PAC
79,364
118,211
-33%
147
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John Walsh)
78,855
208,025
-62%
148
MI State Utility Workers Council PAC
78,070
50,477
55%
149
MI Optometric Assn PAC
77,428
19,525
297%
150
Warner Norcross & Judd PAC / WNJ PAC
75,000
59,000
27%
$68,179,286
$33,279,169
105%
Total
1
$4.2 million returned to the Republican Govenrnors Association
2
All contributions from MAD PAC and DAD PAC
Source: Michigan Bureau of Elections
SuperPACs in bold type
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Politicians’ PACs
Each legislative caucus has one PAC. The caucuses’ PACs are instrumental in mobilizing large sums
for the most competitive legislative races. They are four of the most productive fundraising PACs in
the state. They are the only four state PACs that have contribution limits. Those contribution limits
were doubled in 2013 from $20,000 per year from any person or committee, to $40,000 per year.
The greatest effect of the increased contribution limits was that the DeVos family was able to give
$1,160,000 to the Republican PACs. The old limits would have confined them to $720,000. Few persons or committees took advantage of the increased contribution limits and no others exercised their
new freedom to give as assertively as the DeVos family.
New Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-West Olive) had the largest single officeholder’s
leadership PAC among his three leadership PACs. Meekhof’s Moving Michigan Forward Fund raised
$530,093, his Moving Michigan Forward Fund II raised $236,051 ($182,000 was moved from his first
committee) and his Arlan Meekhof State Senate PAC raised $33,791, for an overall total of $799,935.
Multiple leadership accounts are established so the controlling member can support candidates with
more than the maximum contribution allowed from a single committee.
Other officeholders who commanded major leadership PACs included Macomb County Public Works
Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, $389,949 (two committees); Senate Democratic Leader Jim Ananich, $355,566 (two committees); House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel, $354,433; new Sen. Mike
Shirkey, $269,011; new House Appropriations Chairman Al Pscholka, $251,390; outgoing House
Speaker Jase Bolger, $248,111; and outgoing Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville, $211,975.
New Speaker Kevin Cotter raised $163,300 in his Vision for Victory Fund, and Gov. Rick Snyder
raised $50,025 in his One Tough Nerd PAC.
See Appendix J for top donors to officeholders’ leadership PACs.
Independent Expenditures Hidden by Deficient Disclosure Law
All PACs filed their first campaign finance reports after the November election in February 2015. The
February filings contained the first reports of more than $3.5 million of independent expenditures that
were made to steer voters in the November 2014 election. Those reports came more than 100 days
too late for voters to consider who was paying for the messages that had defined the candidates. An
additional $1,010,000 in independent expenditures was reported by the political paties in post-general reports filed a month after the election.
The irony about all this tardy disclosure is that it would not have been permissible in a special election. Section 33(5) of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act requires committees that make independent expenditures within 45 days of a special election to disclose their spending within 48 hours of
making their expenditure. That same standard should apply to all independent expenditures that are
made after pre-election reports are filed in October before a regularly scheduled election.
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Top Donors to Michigan House of Representatives Caucus PACs
Table 25: House Republican Campaign Committee Top Donors,
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$640,000
Tom Leonard for State Rep
$25,200
Kennedy, Nancy and John III
$100,000
Boji, Ronnie
$25,000
Cotton family
$80,000
CTE Jase Bolger
$25,000
Moroun family
$80,000
CTE Jason Sheppard
$25,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$60,000
$24,500
Meijer PAC
$60,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$60,000
Friends of Pat Somerville
$23,750
Nicholson, James
$60,000
$23,300
Huizenga, J.C.
$50,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC /
MITA PAC
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$46,000
Tom Barrett for State Rep
$23,000
CTE Jeff Farrington
$45,750
MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC
$22,846
Ben Glardon for State Rep
$45,700
AT&T Michigan PAC
$22,000
CTE Kevin Cotter
$45,000
COMM PAC
$21,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$45,000
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$21,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$43,500
MI Restaurant Assn. PAC
$21,000
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$42,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$20,750
CTE Ed McBroom
$42,500
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
$20,200
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$41,175
CTE Jim Tedder
$20,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$40,000
Friends of Carol Anne Fausone
$20,000
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$40,000
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$20,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$40,000
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$20,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$40,000
Mike McCready for State Rep
$20,000
Jandernoa, Michael
$40,000
Newman, Ann
$20,000
Michigan Republican Party
$40,000
Senate Majority 2014 PAC
$20,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$40,000
Weiser, Ronald
$20,000
Republican State Leadership Cmte
$40,000
Young, William
$20,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$40,000
Van Andel, David
$40,000
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$33,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$33,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$32,500
CTE Donji Dejonge
$30,000
Nick Hawatmeh for State Rep.
$30,000
Secchia, Peter
$30,000
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$27,198
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$26,000
Citizens for Andrea LaFontaine
$25,650
Aric Nesbitt for State Rep
$25,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Table 26: Michigan House Democratic Fund Top Donors,
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Donor
Amount
MI Democratic State Central Cmte
$400,000
Donor
Amount
CTE John Fisher
$25,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$82,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$23,500
CTE Tim Greimel
$80,000
Adam Zemke Engineering MI Future
$21,000
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$65,000
George Darany for State Rep.
$21,000
Sam Singh for State Rep
$65,000
$21,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$60,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$60,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$20,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$60,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$20,000
(Brandon) Dillon Majority Fund
$53,994
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$20,000
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$50,000
CTE Annie Brown
$20,000
Democratic Legislative Campaign Cmte
$20,000
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$50,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$20,000
(Sam) Singh for Michigan
$50,000
MI Laborers Political League
$20,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$48,500
Miller Canfield PAC
$20,000
CTE Annie Braidwood
$40,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$20,000
CTE Collene Lamonte
$40,000
United Food & Commercial Workers
$20,000
CTE Mary Kerwin
$40,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
CTE Sandy Colvin
$40,000
CTE Tom Cochran
$40,000
CTE Tom Redmond
$40,000
CTE Winnie Brinks
$40,000
Friends of Bryan Mielke
$40,000
Friends of David Haener
$40,000
Friends of Gretchen Driskell
$40,000
Friends of Henry Yanez
$40,000
Friends of Kristy Pagan
$40,000
Friends of Theresa Abed
$40,000
Friends of Tom Stobie
$40,000
Friends of Jim Townsend
$39,000
Friends of Brandon Dillon
$38,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$37,500
Friends of Andy Schor
$35,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$32,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$31,000
(David) Rutledge for the People
$30,800
CTE David Rutledge
$30,000
Scott Dianda for State Rep.
$30,000
Sarah Roberts for State Rep.
$25,500
CTE Grant Carlson
$25,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Top Donors to Michigan Senate Caucus PACs
Table 27: Senate Republican Campaign Committee Top Donors,
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Donor
Amount
Donor
DeVos family
$520,000
Amount
Van Andel, David
$40,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$60,000
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$35,000
Moroun family
$60,000
Jung, Jerry
$35,000
Nicholson, Jim
$60,000
John Moolenaar for Senate
$32,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$45,794
Meijer PAC
$32,000
Arlan Meekhof for Senate
$45,000
Secchia, Peter
$31,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$41,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$27,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$40,000
Dave Hildenbrand for Senate
$26,000
Citizens Supporting Mike Nofs
$40,000
(Mark) Jansen Legacy Fund
$25,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$40,000
Jim Marleau for Senate
$25,000
CTE Jack Brandenburg
$40,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$23,250
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$40,000
$40,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$22,200
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
Huizenga, J.C.
$40,000
AT&T Michigan PAC
$21,000
Jandernoa, Michael
$40,000
Bruce Caswell for Senate
$21,000
Kennedy, John III
$40,000
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$20,000
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$40,000
COMM PAC
$20,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$40,000
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$20,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$40,000
Dykema Gossett State PAC
$20,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$40,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$20,000
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Table 28: Michigan Senate Democratic Fund Top Donors,
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$60,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$20,500
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$60,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$20,000
(Jim) Ananich Future Fund
$50,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$17,500
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$50,000
Rebekah Warren Leadership Fund
$15,000
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$50,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$13,500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$50,000
Hoon-Yung Hopgood for Senate
$13,000
(Jim) Ananich Senate Majority Fund
$40,000
CTE Steven Bieda
$12,500
Democratic Legislative Campaign Cmte
$40,000
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$12,500
Friends of James Ananich
$40,000
Miller Canfield PAC
$12,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$37,500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$12,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$35,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$11,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$32,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$11,000
(Gretchen) Whitmer Leadership Fund
$32,500
Sean McCann for Senate
$11,000
Friends to Elect Dian Slavens
$31,700
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$10,000
Curtis Hertel Jr. for Senate
$22,520
MI Laborers Political League
$10,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Michigan Courts
Michigan Supreme Court
In a pattern that has become typical for Michigan Supreme Court elections, the candidates’ campaign
committees accounted for less than half of all spending. The Republican slate of nominees raised
$2,277,737, while the Democratic nominees raised $2,731,902. Now Justice Richard Bernstein had
the top individual fundraising total, $2,262,929. Bernstein self-funded more than $1,850,000.
Reported independent expenditures in support of the Republican nominees totaled $716,651, including a $400,000 radio ad buy by the Michigan Realtors Association.
Reported independent expenditures in support of the Democratic nominees totaled just $8,499. That
sum paid for postage for a campaign mailer, but the mailer was not reported.
The campaign featured nearly $4.7 million in unreported, unregulated television advertising about the
candidates and their suitability to hold office.. That, too, is part of a pattern surrounding Michigan Supreme Court campaigns. What was unusual in 2014 was the asymmetry of the dark money advertising. In past years both political parties have been major buyers of undisclosed advertising. This year
the Michigan Republican Party and the Center for Individual Freedom were the only participants and
all their ads were in support of Justices David Viviano and Brian Zahra and Judge James Redford.
Data published by the Brennan Center for Justice show that Michigan had the most expensive and
least transparent judicial election in the country in 2014. This is the third consecutive election cycle
where that has been the case.
Table 29: Campaign Finance Summary: Michigan Supreme Court Candidates
2/1/2014 - 12/31/2014
eight-year terms (2)
Nominating
Party
Supreme Court Candidate
Beginning
Balance
Total
Receipts
R
James R. Redford
$-
$426,125
R
Brian Zahra - inc.
$-
D
Richard Bernstein
$-
D
William Murphy
$-
$390,343
NL
Doug Dern
Total
Expenditures
Account
Balance
Debt
$404,060
$-
$-
$950,838
$944,380
$-
$-
$2,262,929
$2,187,150
$-
$-
$280,451
$-
$-
waiver
two-year term (1)
Nominating
Party
Supreme Court Candidate
Beginning
Balance
Total
Receipts
Total
Expenditures
Account
Balance
Debt
R
David Viviano - inc.
$-
$900,774
$893,856
$-
$-
D
Deborah Thomas
$-
$78,530
$78,530
$-
$-
L
Kerry Lee Morgan
waiver
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
inc.: incumbent | Total Receipts include in-kind contributions
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The prevalence of undisclosed spending in Michigan Supreme Court campaigns undermines public trust and confidence in impartial justice. No one has greater interest in the outcome of Supreme
Court elections, or an incentive to financially support a favored candidate, than parties with an interest in high stakes litigation in the appeals pipeline. However, judges have an ethical obligation to
recuse themselves from cases involving their major campaign finance supporters. With millions of
dollars in campaign spending from anonymous sources, litigants can’t know when their due process
right to an impartial court hearing has been compromised by a judge’s failure to recuse him or herself, when circumstances require it. Michigan’s dark money Supreme Court campaigns are a national
disgrace.
Table 30: Campaign Finance Summary Michigan Supreme Court Campaign
2/1/2014 - 11/24/2014
Republican Nominees
Democratic Nominees
Candidate Committees
Candidate Committees
James R. Redford
$429,775
Richard Bernstein
David Viviano
$900,774
William Murphy
Brian Zahra
$950,838
Deborah Thomas
Total
$2,281,387
Reported Independent Expenditures
Total
$390,443
$78,530
$2,731,902
Reported Independent Expenditures
Michigan Realtors Assn
$399,679
Michigan Republican Party
$244,979
Gursten Koltonow Gursten & Raitt
Farm PAC (superPAC)
$42,135
Campaign Committees
Right to Life MI state PAC
$19,919
Reported Independent Expenditures
Macomb Co. Republican Cmte
$7,147
Washtenaw Co. Republican Cmte
$1,158
Kent Co. Repub
$416
Midland Co. Repub Cmte
$387
Butzel Long PAC
$500
MI Right to Life
$333
Total
$2,262,929
Grand Total
$8,499
$2,731,902
$8,499
$2,740,401
$716,651
Unreported/Unregulated TV Adverts
Michigan Republican Party
Center for Individual Freedom
$4,197,000
$468,000
Total
$4,665,000
Campaign Committees
$2,281,387
Reported Independent Expenditures
$716,651
Unreported/Unregulated TV Adverts
$4,665,000
Grand Total
$7,663,038
Sources: MI Bureau of Elections, Public files of MI broadcasters and cable systems
Data presented in the preceding table are limited to what can be verified from public records. Both
political parties had direct mail featuring their candidates that was not reported. At least two interest
groups sponsored radio advertisements that are beyond MCFN’s capacity to document. There is a
significant amount of additional undisclosed spending that has not been quantified.
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Table 31: Richard Bernstein - Michigan Supreme Court - Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $2,095,635; Committees: $167,294
Donor
Amount
Bernstein, Richard
$1,862,319
Donor
Amount
Ross, Dennis
$5,000
Bernstein family *
$95,200
Serling, Michael
$5,000
MI Democratic State Central Cmte
$65,594
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$15,000
Weiss, Steve
$5,000
Mindell, Judith and Bernard
$12,175
Whiting, Paul
$5,000
Shibley, Erin and Paul
$10,365
Miller, Neil
$3,400
Belen, Aaron
$6,800
Mittleman, David
$3,381
Dendit, Rachel
$6,800
Salysman, Glenn
$2,600
Turswell, Gerald
$6,800
Burns, Timothy
$2,500
Turkish, Jason
$6,800
Colella, A. Vince
$2,500
Christensen, David
$5,000
Fink, David
$2,500
Gursten, Lawrence
$5,000
Harris, Jeffrey
$2,500
Gursten, Steven
$5,000
Loepp, Daniel
$2,500
Lakritz, Barry
$5,000
MI Laborers Political League
$2,500
Lester, Matthew
$5,000
Moss, David
$2,500
Liss, Beverly
$5,000
O’Bryan, Dennis
$2,500
Liss, Robert
$5,000
Olsman, Jules
$2,040
McKeen, Brian
$5,000
Brennan, Megan and Vincent
$2,000
Niskar, Joey
$5,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections | * Includes PAC and individual contributions
Table 32: David Viviano, Michigan Supreme Court - Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $638,717 : Committees: $262,057
Donor
Michigan Republican Party
Amount
$105,359
Donor
Amount
Celani, Thomas
$6,800
DeVos family
$61,200
Davis, Peter
$6,800
Conway MacKenzie
$52,050
Ferrantino, Michael
$6,800
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$30,000
Jones, Wayne
$6,800
Dickinson Wright
$25,750
Meijer, Mark
$6,800
Moroun family
$20,400
Meijer, Hendrik
$6,800
Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy Pelto
$20,125
Stevens, Derek
$6,800
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$20,000
Taubman, Robert
$6,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI
$19,000
Jandernoa, Mike
$6,700
Weiser, Eileen and Ronald
$13,600
Sakwa, Gary
$6,000
Young, Vivienne and William
$10,200
Miller Canfield
$5,650
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
$10,150
Bodman PLC
$5,150
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$10,000
Alix, Jay
$5,000
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$10,000
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$5,000
Nicholson family
$9,175
Manoogian, Jane and Richard
$5,000
Dow Chemical
$7,500
Murray, Mark
$5,000
Becker, Charles
$6,800
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
Born, Tammy
$6,800
Secchia, Peter
$5,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Italicized entities include some combination of PAC, employees, partners and associates
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Table 33: Brian Zahra - Michigan Supreme Court - Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $677,650; Committees: $273,188
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Michigan Republican Party
$105,543
Davis, Peter
$6,800
DeVos family
$61,200
Ferrantino, Michael
$6,800
Conway MacKenzie
$52,050
Hashem, Melissa
$6,800
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$30,000
Jones, Wayne
$6,800
Dickinson Wright
$28,800
Kojaian, C. Michael
$6,800
Moroun family
$20,400
Kojaian, Mike
$6,800
Kienbaum Opperwall Hardy Pelto
$20,125
Meijer, Mark
$6,800
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$20,000
Meijer, Hendrik
$6,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI
$19,100
Putrus, Najah
$6,800
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
$15,150
Stevens, Derek
$6,800
Weiser, Eileen and Ronald
$13,600
Taubman, Robert
$6,800
Young, Vivienne and William
$10,200
Jandernoa, Mike
$6,700
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$10,000
Sakwa, Gary
$6,000
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$10,000
Miller Canfield
$5,650
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,000
Bodman PLC
$5,150
Nicholson family
$9,175
Seyburn Kahn
$5,150
Lipson Nielson Cole Seltzer and Garan PAC
$7,622
Alix, Jay
$5,000
Dow Chemical
$7,000
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$5,000
Becker, Charles
$6,800
Murray, Mark
$5,000
Born, Tammy
$6,800
Secchia, Peter
$5,000
Celani, Thomas
$6,800
Source: MI Bureau of Elections | Italicized entities include some combination of PAC, employees, partners and associates
Court of Appeals
For the third consecutive election cycle, the only candidates for the Michigan Court of Appeals were
incumbent judges running unopposed. None of the judges raised campaign cash.
The incumbents who ran unopposed and were reelected were:
• First District: Karen Hood, Christopher Murray and Michael Talbot,
• Second District: Mark Cavanagh and Henry Saad,
• Third District: Mark Boonstra and Jane Markey,
• Fourth District: Michael Kelly, Amy Krause and Patrick Meter.
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Circuit, District and Probate Courts
There were 227 trial court seats up for election in 2014: 87 for Circuit Court, 120 for District Court
and 20 for Probate Court. Overall, 41 seats were contested (18.1 percent), and $5,121,685 was
raised and spent for those contested seats.
Table 34: Summary of Circuit, District and Probate Court Campaign, 2014
Circuit
District
Probate
Total
Total seats up for election
87
120
20
227
Unchallenged incumbents
73
95
15
183
Challenged incumbents
2
12
2
16
Open seats - contested
10
12
3
25
Open seats - uncontested
2
1
0
3
$5,121,685
Money raised in contested elections
$1,679,600
$2,608,499
$833,586
Most expensive seat
$407,172
$265,055
$260,558
Most money raised by an individual
$235,534
$166,297
$116,578
Defeated better funded opponent
3
10
3
16
Incumbent defeated better funded oponent
0
3
2
5
Incumbents defeated
0
3
0
3
Just 16 of 199 incumbents faced a contested election. Two incumbents, both district court judges,
were defeated at the polls. Suzanne Faunce defeated Judge Dean Ausilio in the 37th District and
Travis Reeds defeated Judge Brian MacKenzie in the 52nd District. The third instance in the 1st District was a real outlier.
Technically, a third incumbent district court judge was outpolled in November, but that situation was
a real outlier. Jarod Calkins outpolled former 1st District Judge Mark Braunlich in November, but
Braunlich had been appointed to the 38th Circuit Court in June 2014 and was not competing in the
1st District. Despite the fact Braunlich had moved to the 38th Circuit, he topped the poll in a four-way
race in the 1st District primary in August, so his name advanced to the November ballot.
The most expensive circuit court race was $407,172 for an open seat on the 16th Circuit Court in Macomb County. James Maceroni defeated Steve Fox. Maceroni raised $235,534, $71,310 self-funded.
Fox raised $171,447, $5,675 self-funded.
The most expensive district court seat was an open seat in the 1st Division of the 63rd District Court
in Kent County. Six candidates initially pursued the seat and they raised and spent $265,055. In the
general election Jeffrey O’Hara defeated Brent Boncher. O’Hara raised $91,999, $23,724 self-funded. Boncher raised $70,022, $52,898 self-funded.
The most expensive probate court race was the open Saginaw County Probate seat. Three candidates pursued the seat and they raised and spent $260,558. In the general election Barbara Meter
defeated Kent Greenfelder. Meter raised $116,230, $86,606 self-funded. Greenfelder raised $69,553,
$31,943 self-funded.
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Table 35: Campaign Finance Summary Contested
Circuit Court Elections, 2014
Candidate
Status
Candidate
Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Votes
Total
Dollars
Primary
Losers
Primary Losers
Financial
Support
n/a
n/a
$229,195
n/a
n/a
$64,845
n/a
n/a
$407,172
n/a
n/a
$124,600
1
$4,059
$196,000
3
$26,915
$184,253
1
$48,945
$168,719
1
$8,212
$66,123
6th Circuit - 1 seat
Geibel, Karen
o
$52,498
$282
94,374
Langton, Lisa
o
$176,315
$100
179,925
$228,813
$382
274,299
Totals
14th Circuit - 1 seat
Hoogstra, Kathy
i
$54,220
$-
24,764
Sprader, Brenda
c
$10,625
$-
14,588
$64,845
$-
39,352
$191
86,522
Totals
16th Circuit - 1 seat
Fox, Steve
o
$171,447
Maceroni, James
o
$235,534
$-
110,825
$406,981
$191
197,347
$48,000
$-
5,469
Totals
19th Circuit - 1 seat
Saylor, George
o
Thompson, David A
o
Totals
$76,600
$-
8,625
$124,600
$-
14,094
22nd Circuit - 1 seat
Conlin, Pat
o
$101,285
$-
46,399
Liem, Veronique
o
$90,656
$-
41,939
$191,941
$-
88,338
Totals
33rd Circuit - 1 seat
Hayes III, Roy C.
o
$91,209
$-
5,904
Kur, Mary Beth
o
$66,129
$-
4,114
$157,338
$-
10,018
Totals
35th Circuit - 1 seat
Finnegan, Deana F.
o
$59,245
$161
10,236
Stewart, Matt
o
$60,207
$161
10,739
$119,452
$322
20,975
Totals
37th Circuit - 1 seat
Dyer, James L.
o
$39,201
$-
11,894
Lincoln, Sarah
o
$18,710
$-
17,171
$57,911
$-
29,065
Totals
Source: MI Bureau of Elections.
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Table 35: Campaign Finance Summary Contested
Circuit Court Elections, 2014 (continued)
Candidate
Status
Candidate
Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Votes
Total
Dollars
Primary
Losers
Primary Losers
Financial
Support
n/a
n/a
$55,718
n/a
n/a
$44,442
2
$3,550
$30,920
1
$23,454
$107,613
46th Circuit - 1 seat
Edwards, Michael T.
c
$10,497
$-
4,437
Mertz, George J.
i
$45,079
$142
10,693
$55,576
$142
15,130
Totals
49th Circuit - 1 seat
Booher, Kimberly
L.
o
$21,150
$78
8,211
Williams, Eric D.
o
$23,136
$78
7,820
$44,286
$156
16,031
$240
6,298
Totals
51st Circuit - 1 seat
Sniegowski, Susan
K.
o
$11,755
Spaniola, Paul R.
o
$15,375
$-
5,454
$27,130
$240
11,752
Totals
52nd Circuit - 1 seat
Prill, Gerald M.
o
$48,042
$153
6,143
Rutkowski, Timothy
J.
o
$35,811
$153
5,234
$83,853
$306
11,377
Totals
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Status: i-incumbent; c-challenger; o-open seat
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Table 36: Campaign Finance Summary
Contested Probate Court Elections, 2014
Candidate
Status
Candidate
Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Votes
Total
Dollars
Primary
Losers
Primary Losers
Financial
Support
n/a
n/a
$116,996
1
$3,940
$175,573
3
$74,447
$260,558
3
$60,805
$204,775
n/a
n/a
$75,684
Kalamazoo Probate - 1 seat
Ankley, Tiffany A.
o
$9,913
$99
32,631
Sharma, Namita
o
$106,984
$-
25,732
$116,897
$99
58,363
$89,663
$-
17,463
Totals
Monroe Probate - 1 seat, partial term
LaVoy, Jill
c
Lohmeyer, Cheryl
i
Totals
$81,783
$187
20,823
$171,446
$187
38,286
$69,533
$-
23,739
Saginaw Probate - 1 seat
Greenfelder, Kent
o
Meter, Barbara
o
Totals
$116,230
$348
30,934
$185,763
$348
54,673
Washtenaw Probate - 1 seat
Owdziej, Julia B.
i
$50,510
$-
46,348
Van den Burgh, Tracy
c
$93,460
$-
39,004
$143,970
$-
85,352
Totals
Wayne Probate - 1 seat
Braxton, David
o
$75,355
$-
205,077
Mitchell, Rohn
o
waiver
$329
77,752
$75,355
$329
282,829
Totals
Source: MI Bureau of Elections.
Status: i-incumbent; c-challenger; o-open seat
Election winners in bold type
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Table 37: Campaign Finance Summary
Contested District Court Races, 2014
Candidate
Status
Candidate
Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Votes
Primary
Losers
Primary Losers
Financial
Support
Total
Dollars
2
$41,915
$104,164
n/a
n/a
$37,337
n/a
n/a
$53,154
1
$1,655
$28,818
n/a
n/a
$150,358
3
$6,629
$36,594
1
$8,050
$45,641
1
$19,430
$95,496
1st District - 1 seat
Braunlich, Mark S,
i
waiver
$-
14,705
Calkins, Jarod Michael
c
$62,060
$189
21,093
$62,060
$189
35,798
Totals
2A District - 1 seat
Anzalone, Anna Marie
o
waiver
$-
8,133
Poer, Jonathon L.
o
$37,250
$87
12,015
$37,250
$87
20,148
Totals
2B District - 1 seat
Brady, Neal A.
o
$28,070
$87
5,486
Lisznyai, Sara
o
$24,910
$87
6,741
$52,980
$174
12,227
Totals
5th District - 1 seat
Howard, Donna Bacolor
o
$8,945
$-
16,579
Smith, Stephen
o
$18,005
$213
14,989
$26,950
$213
31,568
$121,285
$88
10,100
Totals
19th District - 1 seat
Guerriero, Tony
c
Somers, Mark
i
Totals
$28,985
$-
10,182
$150,270
$88
20,282
23rd District - 1 seat
Slaven, Joseph D.
o
$12,923
$352
5,951
Waterman, Warren D.
o
$16,690
$-
5,081
$29,613
$352
11,032
Totals
25th District - 1 seat
Clifton, Greg
o
$10,876
$-
5,447
Tsalis, Nicholas
o
$26,715
$-
3,919
$37,591
$-
9,366
Totals
28th District - 1 seat
Graziani, John
c
$28,500
$-
3,573
Kandrevas, James A.
i
$47,214
$352
4,026
$75,714
$352
7,599
Totals
Source: MI Bureau of Elections.
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Table 37: Campaign Finance Summary Contested
District Court Races, 2014 (continued)
Candidate
Status
Candidate
Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Votes
Primary
Losers
Primary Losers
Financial
Support
Total
Dollars
4
$26,253
$110,600
1
$23,875
$76,426
n/a
n/a
$229,165
n/a
n/a
$59,021
n/a
n/a
$163,035
n/a
n/a
$27,485
1
$26,224
$238,878
1
$12,400
$244,102
32A District - 1 seat
Dunn, Susan L.
o
$26,009
$-
1,973
Palmer, Daniel S.
o
$58,338
$-
2,306
$84,347
$-
4,279
Totals
34th District - 1 seat
Martin, Lisa
c
$28,696
$-
7,700
Parrott, David M.
i
$23,855
$-
10,604
$52,551
$-
18,304
Totals
37th District - 1 seat, partial term
Ausilio, Dean
i
$98,807
$83
12,718
Faunce, Suzanne
c
$130,275
$-
17,496
$229,082
$83
30,214
Totals
45A District - 1 seat
Schneider, Dale
c
$16,300
$-
1,850
Wittenberg, Jamie
i
$42,721
$-
3,765
$59,021
$-
5,615
$4,185
$-
14,491
Totals
48th District - 1 seat
Kevelighan, Kevin
c
Small, Kimberly
i
Totals
$158,750
$100
31,124
$162,935
$100
45,615
51st District - 1 seat
Bagley, Patrick J.
c
waiver
$-
4,113
Kuhn, Jr, Richard D.
i
$27,485
$-
13,064
$27,485
$-
17,177
Totals
52nd District - 1st Division - 1 seat
MacKenzie, Brian W.
i
$111,494
$-
23,615
Reeds, Travis M.
c
$101,160
$-
23,829
$212,654
$-
47,444
Totals
52nd District - 4th Division - 1 seat
Bosnic, Mike
o
$65,298
$107
11,927
McGinnis, Maureen M.
o
$166,297
$-
14,734
$231,595
$107
26,661
Totals
Source: MI Bureau of Elections.
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Table 37: Campaign Finance Summary Contested
District Court Races, 2014 (continued)
Candidate
Status
Candidate
Contributions
Independent
Expenditures
Votes
Total
Dollars
Primary
Losers
Primary Losers
Financial
Support
n/a
n/a
$24,953
4
$102,733
$265,055
1
$356
$27,350
n/a
n/a
$230,238
1
$32,575
$184,804
n/a
n/a
$29,527
n/a
n/a
$28,480
1
$11,025
$117,818
53rd District - 1 seat
Brennan, Theresa M.
i
$35
$-
31,540
Brewer, Dennis
c
$24,845
$73
23,523
$24,880
$73
55,063
Totals
63rd District - 1st Division - 1 seat
Boncher, Brent
o
$70,022
$301
15,715
O’Hara, Jeffery J.
o
$91,999
$-
18,477
$162,021
$301
34,192
Totals
64B District - 1 seat
Dunne, Kathleen M.
c
$3,944
$-
4,568
Hemingsen, Donald R.
i
$22,688
$362
9,407
$26,632
$362
13,975
Totals
65A District - 1 seat
Clarizio, Michael
Edward
o
$108,903
$78
13,033
Schlegel, Shannon
o
$121,179
$78
10,630
$230,082
$156
23,663
$66,372
$-
9,554
Totals
67th District - 2nd Division - 1 seat
Karr, Matthew D.
o
Manley, Jennifer
o
Totals
$85,857
$-
11,593
$152,229
$-
21,147
77th District - 1 seat
Jaklevic, Peter M.
o
$29,527
$-
10,351
Sims II, James J.
o
$-
$-
5,153
$29,527
$-
15,504
Totals
84th District - 1 seat
Badovinac, Anthony
c
$7,058
$-
5,426
Van Alst, Audrey D.
i
$21,422
$-
7,584
$28,480
$-
13,010
Totals
94th District - 1 seat
Economopoulos, John
o
$67,802
$-
6,160
Parks, Steve
o
$38,991
$-
6,598
$106,793
$-
12,758
Totals
Source: MI Bureau of Elections.
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Ballot Committees & Proposals
Michigan voters had three statewide ballot questions in 2014: Repeal of the business personal property tax in August, and two referenda on wolf hunting in November.
Michigan Citizens for Strong and Safe Communities, a ballot committee funded by Michigan’s manufacturing establishment, raised $8,652,000 to propel passage of the personal property tax repeal.
There was no organized opposition to the proposal, which won passage with 69.3 percent of the
vote.
November Proposals 14-1 and 14-2 were referenda on legislation enabling wolf hunting. Proposal
14-1 was a referendum on PA 520, which had established a limited wolf hunt. That proposal was
rendered moot by PA 21, which granted the Natural Resources Commission the authority to establish
game hunting regulations. Proposal 14-2 was a referendum on PA 21. Both proposals were superseded by an indirect initiated state statute initiated by pro-hunting groups and passed by the legislature that gave the Natural Resources Commission the authority to manage game hunting regulations.
Keep Michigan Wolves Protected was the ballot committee used by proponents of proposals 14-1
and 14-2. It raised $3,279,000 in total, $2,524,000 from the Humane Society of the United States.
Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management was the ballot committee for the indirect initiated statute. It raised $828,000, with the preponderance of that total contributed by Safari Club International
and its various chapters, and numerous hunters’ associations.
The votes on Proposals 14-1 and 14-2 were symbolic because of the indirect initiated statute. In both
cases, the ‘No’ vote was the majority, by 54.9 percent and 63.8 percent, respectively, meaning that
both PA 520 and PA 21 would have been overturned.
One additional ballot duel consumed nearly $1 million in 2014. Raise Michigan circulated petitions to
raise Michigan’s minimum wage. Its petitions were rejected by the State Board of Canvassers, which
said that the petitions projected to have too many duplicate signatures to qualify. Raise Michigan
raised $717,350 for the initiative, $431,800 from the Restaurant Opportunities Center.
People Protecting Michigan Jobs, a ballot committee funded entirely by the Michigan Restaurant
Association, spent $210,000, mainly for legal services to challenge the minimum wage initiative’s
petitions.
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Table 38: Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management, Top Donors
Individuals: $20,796; Committees: $807,326
Donor
MI Bear Hunter Conservation Assn
Amount
$110,000
Safari Club Intl - MI Bow Hunters
$75,000
Safari Club Intl - Lansing
$70,965
Safari Club Intl
$56,000
Safari Club Intl - Mid-MI
$50,000
Safari Club Intl - Michigan
$49,000
MI Trappers and Predator Callers Assn
$46,724
Safari Club Intl - Flint
$49,000
Safari Club Intl - Detroit
$30,000
MI United Conservation Clubs
$28,398
U.P. Whitetails
$27,200
Rocky Mountain Elk Federation
$25,000
MI Hunting Dog Federation
$20,000
U.P, Bear Houndsmen Assn
$20,000
Safari Club Intl - NE MI
$15,000
Safari Club Intl - Northwoods
$13,501
U.P. Sportsmen Alliance
$11,980
National Wild Turkey Federation
$10,000
Safari Club Intl - Alaska
$10,000
WI Bear Hunting Assn
$10,000
Safari Club Intl - West MI Bow Hunters
$9,337
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Table 39: Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, Top Donors
Individuals: $520,549; Committees: $2,758,368
Donor
Humane Society/Legislative Fund
Amount
$2,524,720
Doris Day Animal League
$200,000
Ross, M. Andrew
$100,000
Rhue, Robert
$60,000
The ASPCA
$32,313
Cotton, David
$15,000
Campbell, Edward
$5,000
Cotton, Sean
$5,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Table 40: Michigan Citizens for Strong and Safe Communities, Top Donors
Individuals: $75,000; Committees/Corporations: $8,577,845
Donor
Amount
Michigan Manufacturers Assn
$2,838,972
Ford Motor Co.
2,134,824
Dow Chemical
1,513,000
General Motors Corp.
501,031
Dow Corning
500,000
Alticor, Inc
250,000
Chrysler Corp.
250,000
Kellogg Corp.
200,000
CMS Energy
50,000
DTE Energy
50,000
Haworth Inc
50,000
Herman Miller
50,000
Kennedy, John III
50,000
Lear Corp.
50,000
Masco Corp.
30,000
Michigan Chamber of Commerce
30,000
Americal Axel and Manufacturing
25,000
Jandernoa, Michael
25,000
Fullerton Tool
20,000
Business Leaders for Michigan
14,018
ALRO Steel
10,000
Michigan Soft Drink Assn
10,000
Flagstar PAC
1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Table 41: Raise Michigan, Top Donors
Individuals: $1,015 ; Committees: $716,338
Donor
Amount
ROC (Restaurant Opportunities Center) /Action Fund
$431,800
Amer. Fed. of Teachers / Amer. Assn. University Professors - MI
$100,000
Michigan United / Ballot Cmte
$99,586
NELP - Natl Employment Law Project
$50,000
Progress Michigan - Minimum Wage Cmte
$16,475
Center for Progressive Leadership
$9,977
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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APPENDIX A: Top Contributions by Employer: Rick Snyder for Governor, 2014 Cycle
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Michigan
166
$113,266
Penske Corporation
10
22,800
CMS Energy (Consumers Power)
156
100,311
Masco Corporation
12
22,650
DTE Energy
106
94,650
Bodman PLC
14
21,700
Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC
116
67,350
Michigan Paving & Material Company
30
21,275
CNSI (CNS Inc)
18
66,500
Walbridge Aldinger Company
7
21,000
Dow Chemical Company
64
65,300
Amerifirst Financial Corporation
8
20,900
J&B Medical Supply
19
63,626
Alro Steel Corporation
8
20,400
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP
65
62,750
Diversified Property Group LLC
9
20,400
Whirlpool Corporation
42
61,472
Kenwal Steel Corporation
6
20,400
State of Michigan
118
61,056
MCM Management Corporation
6
20,400
University of Michigan
47
59,930
Victory Group
6
20,400
UHY Advisors Inc
70
50,850
Spectrum Health
19
19,750
Ford Motor Company
48
50,225
Boji Development Group LLC
10
19,500
PVS Chemical Corporation
13
45,600
Ernst & Young LLP
42
19,500
General Motors
47
43,155
Edward C. Levy Company
11
19,275
Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP
59
39,400
Public Policy Associates Inc
15
19,200
Centene Corporation
30
38,339
Trott & Trott
6
19,000
Meijer Inc
14
36,417
Harold Zeigler Auto Group
10
17,550
Dickinson Wright PLLC
186
35,592
Utility Supply & Construction
6
17,000
Muchmore Harrington Smally &
Associates
8
16,600
Comerica Bank
30
16,300
Foley & Lardner LLP
17
16,200
Henry Ford Health System
21
15,900
Letica Corporation
8
15,800
Fisher Family Holdings
4
15,600
Byrne Electrical Specialists Inc
5
15,100
Robert B. Aikens & Associates
4
15,100
Delta Dental
15
14,850
HTC Global Services Inc
11
14,800
Kirco Management Services Inc
6
14,700
Kojaian Management Corporation
6
14,600
Demmer Corporation
5
14,500
U.S. Medical Management
4
14,300
Onstaff Group
8
14,100
Governmental Consultant Services
13
13,950
Kelly Services Inc
8
13,900
Fifth Third Bank
26
13,750
Dykema Gossett PLLC
19
13,700
Adtegrity Inc
4
13,600
Arbor Investments Group
4
13,600
Gentex Corporation
2
13,600
James Burg Trucking Company
2
13,600
KMW Group Inc
4
13,600
PK Contracting Inc
11
34,000
Taubman Company
11
34,000
Deloitte & Touche LLP
54
33,800
Jaffe Raite Hener & Weiss PC
18
33,600
Fritz Enterprises Inc
16
32,300
REDICO LLC
29
31,193
Roush Enterprises
15
29,100
DLZ Corporation
11
28,800
Ghafari Associates LLC
11
27,550
ITC Holdings Corporation
28
26,750
Gregory J. Schwartz & Company
9
26,450
Microsoft
11
26,300
Beztak Properties
7
26,200
Jackson National Life Insurance
9
26,200
The Farbman Group
8
26,000
Rehmann Group
113
25,650
Schostak Brothers & Company Inc
13
25,300
Quicken Loans
13
24,955
Chemical Bank
39
24,775
Plante Moran PLLC
34
24,150
Alticor
9
23,900
Haworth Inc
7
23,800
ACN Inc
4
23,600
Fidelis Seniorcare Inc
6
23,200
Caidan Management Company
7
22,900
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Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Land & Company
4
13,600
CDW Corporation
2
10,200
Lowry Group
2
13,600
King Steel
2
10,200
Nelson Ventures LLC
4
13,600
X Ventures West Michigan
3
10,200
Reynolds & Reynolds
2
13,600
Yottabyte
3
10,200
Richard & Jane Manoogian Foundation
4
13,600
CFI Group
4
10,050
Skytron LLC
2
13,600
Accident Fund Insurance Company
13
9,751
Smith Equities Corporation
4
13,600
Flagstar Bank
19
9,650
The Eli And Edythe Broad Foundation
2
13,600
Corrigan Oil Company
6
9,550
Universal Health Management
4
13,600
9,409
4
13,600
Detroit Regional Chamber Of Commerce
6
Victor International Corporation
Windquest Group
4
13,600
EnvisionTEC
2
9,300
Wolverine World Wide Inc
3
13,600
Frank W Kerr & Company
2
9,300
Cambridge Consulting Group
10
13,400
Great Lakes Beverage Company
3
9,300
C.A. Hull Company Inc
7
13,200
Plunkett & Cooney PC
20
9,250
Ajax Paving Industries Inc.
14
13,050
Summit Petroleum Corporation
7
8,900
Bloomberg LP
(includes Michael Bloomberg)
4
13,050
Duperon Corporation
4
8,800
8,800
4
12,700
Zausmer Kaufman August & Caldwell
PC
4
Ishbia & Gagleard PC
Greenleaf Trust Inc
4
12,600
Compuware Corporation
6
8,675
Boyne Mountain Resort
10
12,401
First Michigan Bank
5
8,550
LA Insurance
3
12,400
Clark Hill PLC
12
8,500
Fabiano Brothers Inc
7
12,250
Trinity Health
14
8,400
Chas. Verheyden Inc
5
12,200
Crain Communications Inc
3
8,300
Two Men and A Truck Company
7
12,200
Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa
5
8,300
Louis Padnos Iron & Metal
8
11,850
RDV Corporation
4
8,300
CWD Real Estate Investment
4
11,700
ACCESS (Arab Community Center)
4
8,250
Merrill Lynch
13
11,520
Hylant Group
5
8,000
Fisher Companies
6
11,500
Total Health Care
5
8,000
Wolgast Corporation
5
11,450
Amway
3
7,800
JP Morgan Chase
10
11,400
Remington Group
3
7,800
Brogan & Partners
7
11,290
Uniprop Inc
2
7,800
Talmer Bank & Trust
15
11,250
Guardian Industries Corporation
6
7,750
Patton Holdings LLC
4
11,200
Versa Development LLC
3
7,741
Chrysler
6
11,150
Domino’S Pizza Corporation
3
7,650
Tamaroff Automotive
2
11,100
Lear Corporation
3
7,550
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
18
11,010
Rockford Construction Company
4
7,550
AVL (US Operations)
5
10,800
Elmer’S Crane and Dozer Inc
3
7,500
Varnum LLP
16
10,790
Grand Hotel (Mackinac)
2
7,500
Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation
5
10,700
Youngsoft Inc
8
7,430
Atwell Hicks LLC
8
10,400
Northern Star Industries Inc
4
7,425
Executive Office State of Michigan (MI
Gov)
7
10,300
AVB Inc
6
7,400
Barton Malow Corporation
5
7,400
Huron Valley Steel Corporation
6
10,300
EDF Ventures LP
4
7,300
Out of State University
4
10,300
Mekani Orow Mekani Shallal & Hindo
3
7,300
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APPENDIX A: Top Contributions by Employer: Rick Snyder for Governor, 2014 Cycle (continued)
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Piston Group
3
7,300
Flint Auto Auction
1
6,800
Cardinal Fabricating Inc
3
7,050
Founder At Las Entertainment
1
6,800
Kellogg Company
3
7,050
Franco PR Group
2
6,800
Amber Properties Company
4
7,000
Frank W Kerr Company
1
6,800
Flexfab
2
7,000
Frankel Associates
2
6,800
Great Lakes Marketing
3
7,000
Fred L Hanson Corporation
2
6,800
Michigan Chamber of Commerce
4
6,900
G.A. Richards Company
1
6,800
360 Advisors LLC
1
6,800
Garcia Laboratory
3
6,800
A Touch Of Lace
2
6,800
Give ‘Em A Break Safety
4
6,800
Absopure Water
1
6,800
Great Lakes Companies
2
6,800
Activision
1
6,800
Health Net Connect
2
6,800
Advomas
2
6,800
Heinz C Prechter Fund
3
6,800
AF Jonna Development
5
6,800
Howard Cooper Inc
2
6,800
AFC Holcroft
2
6,800
Hungry Howies Pizza Inc
3
6,800
Alpha Capital Inc
2
6,800
Impact Management Services
1
6,800
Annox Capital Management
1
6,800
Incwell LLC
1
6,800
Aristeo Construction Company
2
6,800
Infa Law
1
6,800
Arthur Rock & Co.
1
6,800
Integrated Nutrition
2
6,800
Autocam Corporation
2
6,800
Interlaken LLC
2
6,800
Bank of America
2
6,800
Jack Geary Contemporary LLC
1
6,800
Belle Tire Dsitributors Inc
1
6,800
Jamie Drake Design Associates
1
6,800
Bernard Financial Group
2
6,800
Jeffrey C Grabiel DDS PC
1
6,800
Bloom General Contracting
2
6,800
Judy Frankel Antiques Centre
2
6,800
Bloom Roofing Systems Inc
2
6,800
Kalitta Air LLC
2
6,800
Campbell Industries Inc
3
6,800
Kalpa Systems Inc
2
6,800
Celani Family Vineyards
1
6,800
Kara Ross New Ross LLC
1
6,800
Charles G. McClure
4
6,800
Knight & Firth PC
1
6,800
Ciena Healthcare Management
2
6,800
Koch Industries Inc (David Koch)
1
6,800
Continuum Geriatric Services
3
6,800
Koetje Investors
4
6,800
Conway Mackenzie & Dunleavy
3
6,800
L & W Inc
2
6,800
Credit Acceptance Corp
2
6,800
La Shish
1
6,800
Credit Suisse
2
6,800
Larson Realty Group
2
6,800
Currie Holdings LLC
2
6,800
Life EMS
2
6,800
Dempsey Ventures
2
6,800
Linda Dresner Inc
2
6,800
DHP Pharmacy
1
6,800
Luna Entertainment
1
6,800
Diversified Restaurant Holding
1
6,800
Lurie Investments Inc
1
6,800
DP Fox Ventures LLC
2
6,800
Lynk Systems Inc
2
6,800
Dynamic Machinery of Detroit
2
6,800
Masabi LLC
2
6,800
EIDEX LLC
4
6,800
Mclaren Dental Associates
1
6,800
Epic Obgyn of Dearborn Heights
1
6,800
MCNA Dental
1
6,800
Fabco Equiptment Inc
1
6,800
McQueen Financial Advisors
1
6,800
Fakhoury Law Group
1
6,800
McShane Bowie
2
6,800
Flatout Bread
2
6,800
Mervenne & Company
3
6,800
Flexible Plan Investments Ltd
1
6,800
Michigan Bankers Association
3
6,800
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APPENDIX A: Top Contributions by Employer: Rick Snyder for Governor, 2014 Cycle (continued)
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Donor Employer
# of
Donations
Total
Donated
Michigan Motion Picture Studio
2
6,800
The Yucaipa Companies
1
6,800
Mid-Michigan Investment
3
6,800
Thompson & Mccully
1
6,800
Mid-State Restaurants
2
6,800
Tishman Construction
1
6,800
Midwest Steel Company
4
6,800
Townsend Capital LLC
4
6,800
Mountainview Properties Inc
2
6,800
Trust Company of The West
1
6,800
Mountaire Corporation
1
6,800
Uline
1
6,800
National Lumber Company
1
6,800
Unico Investment Group
2
6,800
NEXGEN
1
6,800
United Shore Financial Service
2
6,800
Nustep Inc
2
6,800
University of Miami
2
6,800
Oakland Management
2
6,800
Van Andel Institute
2
6,800
Paragon Inc
1
6,800
Vattikuti Ventures
1
6,800
Paulson Institute
1
6,800
Village Green Real Estate
3
6,800
PESG
1
6,800
Viva Beverages Inc
2
6,800
Phoenix Star Capital LLC
2
6,800
Wirelessgiant.com
2
6,800
Pioneer Construction
2
6,800
World Mission Clothing
2
6,800
Pisces Inc
1
6,800
Source: MI Bureau of Elections and MCFN data analysis
Plastipak Holdings
1
6,800
Progressive Technologies
3
6,800
Quickest Oil & Lube
1
6,800
R.L. Polk & Company
2
6,800
R.W. Mercer
2
6,800
Ralph Wilson Equity Fund LLC
3
6,800
Related Companies Inc
1
6,800
REMAX Grand Rapids
1
6,800
Republican National Committee
(Terri Lynn Land)
2
6,800
Rock Financial Showplace
3
6,800
Rush Trucking
1
6,800
Santa Catalina Island
2
6,800
Sav-On-Drugs Headquarters
2
6,800
SIBSCO
2
6,800
Sigma Associates
1
6,800
Sorensen Gross Construction
2
6,800
St. Stevens Catholic School
2
6,800
Startgarden
2
6,800
State of Michigan Court Of Appeals
1
6,800
Strategic Staffing Solutions
2
6,800
Sun Communites Inc
2
6,800
Super Radiator Coils
1
6,800
Surveymonkey
1
6,800
The Crawford Taylor Foundation
1
6,800
The Graham Group
2
6,800
The Irvine Company
1
6,800
The Law Firm Of John Schaefer
3
6,800
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APPENDIX B: Top Contributors by Sector: Rick Snyder for Governor, 2014 Cycle
Employer Sector
Number of Donors
Total Donated
Healthcare
320
$397,031
Manufacturing/Industrial/Steel
170
384,897
Legal Firms & Lobbyists
553
375,392
Real Estate/Developers
141
335,234
Energy, Utilities & Transmission
309
257,161
Automotive Industry
153
251,130
Accounting, IT & Business Services
397
234,000
Banking, Finance & Mortgage
193
216,245
Corporations (Cross-Sector Conglomerates)
130
213,355
IT & Staffing Services
64
145,805
Construction
52
124,975
Road & Infrastructure Construction
52
108,625
State Government
125
78,156
Education
54
70,230
Food & Beverage
27
65,017
Foundations & Non-Profits
18
56,850
Insurance
30
56,351
Transportation & Logistics
19
48,600
Telecommunications & Media
11
44,950
Public Relations & Marketing
18
34,240
Hospitality
17
28,201
Project Management & Contracting
11
27,550
Michigan and Detroit Chambers of Commerce
10
16,309
Other
7
19,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections and MCFN data analysis
Note: Includes only Top Contributors $6,800, or above per employer.
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APPENDIX C: Top Contributors: Ruth Johnson for Secretary of State, 2014 Cycle
Individuals: $618,444; Committees: $346,898
Donor
Amount
Nanney, Don - candidate’s spouse
$338,000
Michigan Republican Party
$126,301
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$34,000
DeVos family
$15,600
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$15,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$13,000
MI Manufactured Housing RV & Campground Assn.
PAC
$12,000
Secchia, Joan and Peter
$10,200
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$9,500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$9,500
Liggett, Victoria and Robert Jr.
$8,500
Meijer PAC
$8,500
Jandernoa, Susan and Michael
$7,800
Wyatt, Pamela and Todd
$7,800
Vlasic, Vicki and Richard
$7,120
Supporters of Ruth Johnson (Oakland Co. Clerk cmte)
$7,019
Enterprise Holdings PAC
$7,000
Levy, Edward
$6,800
Nicholson, Ann and James
$6,800
MHSA PAC
$6,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$6,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$5,850
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$5,100
Republican State Leadership Cmte
$5,000
Dykema Gossett PLLC / State PAC
$4,652
Michigan Trucking Assn PAC
$4,500
Serra, Joe
$4,386
Washtenaw Co. Republican Cmte
$4,000
Young, Vivienne and William
$4,000
Delongchamp, Jeffrey
$3,600
Frankenmuth PAC
$3,600
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,500
Demmer, William
$3,500
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$3,500
Mancini, Lisa
$3,500
Alandt, Paul
$3,400
Dresner, Linda
$3,400
Fischer, David
$3,400
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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APPENDIX D: Top Contributors: Bill Schuette for Attorney General, 2014 Cycle
Individuals: $2,603,350; Committees: $1,275,714
Donor
Michigan Republican Party
Amount
$126,181
Donor
Amount
Fabiano, Michelle and Joseph II
$8,400
DeVos family
$71,400
Long, Jeanne and Robert
$8,400
Decider PAC
$68,000
Secchia, Joan and Peter
$8,400
Red and Blue PAC
$68,000
Webber, Wayne
$8,400
Warner Norcross & Judd PAC / WNJ PAC
$68,000
Young, William P
$8,400
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$56,255
Mouroun family
$8,300
Miller Canfield PAC
$55,484
ITC Holdings Corp. PAC-MI
$8,225
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$46,500
Plunkett & Cooney PAC
$8,213
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$44,000
Boji, Heather and Ronnie
$8,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$44,000
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$8,000
Meijer PAC
$41,500
Myler, Pamela and William
$7,965
Nicholson family
$38,191
Fabiano, Evangeline and James Sr
$7,943
Cotton family
$34,000
Ferrantino, Michael
$7,800
Republican State Leadership Cmte
$34,000
Quicken Loans PAC MI
$7,800
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$28,050
Strickler, Janet and William J
$7,800
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$27,500
Eli Lilly & Co PAC
$7,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$27,000
Stavropoulos, Linda and William
$7,450
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$26,000
Ackerman, Sharyl and Alan
$7,317
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$24,068
Van Andel, Stephen
$7,050
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$20,500
Fisher, Yvonne and James
$7,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Govt.
$19,500
Jaffe Raitt PAC
$7,000
Kennedy, Nancy and John III
$18,600
Wheatlake, Susan and Frank
$7,000
Young, Vivienne and William
$17,000
Flood, Todd
$6,900
Kojaian, Elizabeth and C. Michael
$16,350
Conway, Van
$6,800
Weiser, Eileen and Ronald
$15,600
Davis, Peter II
$6,800
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman
$15,000
Eisenberg, Nicole and Stephen
$6,800
Delta Dental PAC
$15,000
Farbman, David
$6,800
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$15,000
Ferrantino, Christine
$6,800
Carras, Barbara and Peter
$14,600
Fritz, Eric
$6,800
MHSA PAC
$13,913
Gambrell, Cassie and Michael
$6,800
Alandt, Lynn and Paul
$13,600
Hansen, Kathleen and Robert Jr
$6,800
Becker, Michelle and Charles
$13,600
Home Depo Inc PAC
$6,800
Eisenberg, Frances and Kenneth
$13,600
Kraef, Andrea and Torsten
$6,800
Van Andel, Carol and David
$13,600
Lazet, John
$6,800
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn PAC
$13,500
Liveris, Andrew and Paula
$6,800
Dickinson Wright PLLC
$12,500
Mardigan, Robert
$6,800
Granger, Pamela and Gary
$12,500
Miller, Lynn and E.Powell
$6,800
Liggett, Victoria and Robert Jr.
$11,800
Newman, Francine and Marc
$6,800
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$11,000
Saad, Mara Letica
$6,800
MI Funeral Directors Assn. PAC
$11,000
Schuette, Gretchen
$6,800
Kepler, Patricia and David II
$10,900
SF Properties LLC PAC (Schostak Family PAC)
$6,800
Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC PAC
$10,750
Timmis, Michael
$6,800
Comerica Inc. PAC
$10,000
Trott, Kathleen and David
$6,800
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$10,000
Welch, Clare and Joseph
$6,800
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$9,500
Ziegler, William
$6,800
Mehney, Linda and David
$9,000
Bierlein, Kathy and Michael
$6,721
Pinkerton, Wendy and Charles
$8,900
Kalil, Mona and Charles
$6,500
Jandernoa, Susan and Michael
$8,800
Serra, Julie and Joseph
$6,500
Kaufman, Sue Ellen and Alan
$8,800
Stark, Naomi and James
$6,471
Murray, Elizabeth and Mark
$8,800
Dresner, Linda
$6,400
Haworth, Ethelyn and Richard
$6,400
Source: MCFN analysis & MI Bureau of Elections
NPA
2
D
7
D
8
Total
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
8
Brandenburg,
Jack - Inc.
8
Bell, Christine
Total
R
7
Slavens, Dian
Total
Colbeck, Patrick
- Inc.
R
-
39,445
-
2,188
Hopgood, HoonYung - Inc.
D
6
6
46,338
McNeill, Darrell
7
waiver
Total
R
6
-
Knezek, David
D
5
5
waiver
Rynicki, Jennifer
R
5
9,750
Smith, Virgil - Inc.
D
4
Total
Franklin, Keith
R
4
4
waiver
Total
356,269
3,959
352,310
546,956
287,056
259,901
55,485
55,485
-
133,413
133,413
-
198,496
198,496
-
38,900
Hood III, Morris Inc.
D
3
3
38,900
waiver
24,572
Keller, Matthew
R
3
123,524
Total
-
123,524
-
31,801
31,801
$-
2
-
27,357
Johnson, Bert Inc.
D
2
Hall, Jeffrey
waiver
Price, Mark A.
7,464
R
Young II, Coleman
- Inc.
$-
2
D
1
Berk, Barry
Beginning Contributions &
Balance
Other Receipts
Total
R
1
Candidate
1
Party
Dist
500
500
-
241,437
41,015
200,422
105
105
-
2,239
2,239
-
500
500
-
562
562
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$-
In-kind
Contributions
314,953
4,805
310,148
548,141
294,429
253,712
56,280
56,280
-
132,247
132,247
-
186,289
186,289
-
26,040
26,040
-
120,101
-
120,101
-
29,777
29,777
$-
Expenditures
(846)
81,607
(7,373)
8,376
45,543
-
1,166
-
21,958
-
37,432
-
-
-
30,780
-
-
9,488
$-
Account
Balance
$-
2,100
626
19,427
3,675
-
-
4,300
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,500
Debt
585
-
585
200,272
104,721
95,552
-
-
-
-
-
-
79
79
-
-
-
-
1,238
-
1,238
-
-
-
$-
Independent
Expenditures
89,583
34,279
55,304
99,677
47,110
52,567
68,754
42,835
25,919
72,966
59,680
13,286
61,018
49,970
11,047
56,632
45,546
11,086
57,894
2,088
41,452
14,354
67,531
48,510
19,021
Votes
38%
62%
47%
53%
62%
38%
82%
18%
82%
18%
80%
20%
4%
72%
25%
72%
28%
Vote
%
-
-
-
5,058
-
5,058
-
-
-
90,170
90,170
-
240,047
240,047
-
-
-
-
431
-
431
-
-
-
$-
Primary
Opponents
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396,799
995,911
101,928
225,822
448,873
64,034
152,550
$39,265
Total
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396,799
4,459
392,340
990,853
432,791
558,062
101,928
101,928
-
135,652
135,652
-
208,826
208,826
-
64,034
64,034
-
152,119
-
152,119
-
39,265
39,265
$-
Total
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154,857
281,025
Total
Rocca, Tory - Inc.
R
D
9
10
10
Gregory, Vincent
- Inc.
Total
Marleau, Jim - Inc.
D
L
R
D
11
11
11
12
12
Robertson, David
B. - Inc.
D
14
14
D
UST
17
17
Total
Andring, Jeff
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Zorn, Dale
R
17
Spade, Doug
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1,840
$-
529,527
-
247,071
$282,456
162,780
14,850
147,930
-
D
16
-
Shirkey, Mike
R
16
Commet, Kevin
409,443
Total
15
1,955
407,488
-
42,033
Kowall, Mike - Inc.
R
D
15
15
Smith, Michael D.
366,220
31,098
335,122
206,373
Total
-
25,230
22,153
14
Walton, Bobbie C.
Total
R
13
-
D
13
Peltonen, Cyndi
329,430
184,220
-
Total
Knollenberg,
Marty
R
-
13
waiver
329,430
83,680
-
83,680
-
283,263
2,238
154,857
12
Secrest, Paul
91,981
waiver
7,110
Tuman, Boris
Young, James K.
waiver
Total
R
11
-
10
Jenkins, Kenneth
24,063
186
Bieda, Steven Inc.
D
-
9
waiver
Fracassa, Hawke
R
Beginning Contributions &
Balance
Other Receipts
9
Candidate
Party
Dist
571,637
-
23,212
$548,425
35,899
2,949
32,950
19,172
3,317
15,855
943
943
-
4,655
4,655
-
5,347
-
5,347
1,703
-
1,703
-
1,408
73
1,335
535
535
-
In-kind
Contributions
452,327
-
244,598
$207,729
66,397
14,850
51,547
397,811
1,955
395,856
299,817
17,878
281,939
195,428
20,424
175,004
196,745
-
196,745
82,299
-
82,299
-
144,434
2,238
142,196
74,499
74,499
-
Expenditures
-
-
4,313
$74,727
0
96,383
-
53,665
13,219
78,413
1,729
9,216
-
224,666
-
8,491
-
-
162,892
80,543
Account
Balance
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$23,112
6,754
31,150
2,840
101,116
-
-
4,375
-
-
58,000
Debt
608,618
-
1,149
$607,469
194
-
194
1,304
-
1,304
1,243
-
1,243
7,380
6,986
394
626
-
626
-
-
-
-
585
-
585
294
-
294
Independent
Expenditures
75,187
2,039
34,706
38,442
68,490
26,823
41,667
90,286
37,489
52,797
81,328
34,502
46,826
102,462
42,892
59,570
87,184
37,067
50,117
96,702
2,994
70,862
22,846
82,122
30,657
51,465
70,845
48,146
22,699
Votes
3%
46%
51%
39%
61%
42%
58%
42%
58%
42%
58%
43%
57%
3%
73%
24%
37%
63%
68%
32%
Vote
%
-
-
-
$-
-
-
-
84,927
-
84,927
-
-
-
530,649
218,186
312,463
-
-
-
283,153
-
283,153
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
$1,711,622
198,874
556,878
393,635
749,056
427,385
375,646
309,319
155,871
Total
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1,711,622
-
273,272
$1,438,350
198,874
17,799
181,075
471,951
5,272
466,679
393,635
32,040
361,595
218,407
33,793
184,614
427,385
-
427,385
92,493
-
92,493
-
309,319
2,311
307,008
155,871
155,577
294
Total
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L
20
Proos, John - Inc.
R
D
21
21
Whitehead, Craig
R
D
23
23
Jones, Rick - Inc.
R
D
24
24
Total
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
26
Wenzel, William
waiver
328,365
-
19,619
L
26
-
D
26
Walters, Jim
308,746
Schuitmaker,
Tonya - Inc.
R
26
20,882
453,413
106,928
Total
25
-
D
25
Brown, Terry
346,485
Pavlov, Phil - Inc.
R
25
1,474
318,958
66,595
252,363
Total
-
51,811
159,659
159,659
-
424,341
-
waiver
waiver
24
Levey, Dawn
Total
23
Hertel, Curtis, Jr
Total
22
Wood, Jeff
84,844
L
22
-
D
22
Pollesch, Shari
339,498
Hune, Joe - Inc.
R
22
8,810
279,885
288,695
71,296
104,569
1,890,488
Total
-
30,450
21,288
21
Pierman, Bette
Total
Wenke, Lorence
20
815,806
D
20
-
970,112
McCann, Sean
273,573
-
Total
O’Brien, Margaret
R
19
-
20
waiver
D
19
Grieves, Greg
273,573
55,175
Nofs, Mike - Inc.
R
267,117
19
3,951
Warren, Rebekah
- Inc.
-
267,117
D
18
waiver
Linden, Terry
Beginning Contributions &
Balance
Other Receipts
Total
R
18
Candidate
18
Party
Dist
7,866
-
2,758
5,108
18,105
200
17,905
29,267
19,254
10,012
6,940
6,940
-
9,343
-
4,017
5,327
4,898
500
4,398
243,461
-
28,824
214,637
10,352
-
10,352
3,893
3,893
-
In-kind
Contributions
228,058
-
19,619
208,439
417,948
102,147
315,801
347,981
66,595
281,386
147,468
147,468
-
428,645
-
84,844
343,802
259,430
8,810
250,620
1,866,456
99,949
800,689
965,818
187,507
-
187,507
221,414
221,414
-
Expenditures
-
-
-
121,188
4,780
32,158
-
22,789
12,191
-
-
-
66,992
-
59,715
25,909
15,117
4,294
-
141,241
49,654
Account
Balance
-
-
-
-
-
12,497
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
495,664
-
-
-
100
Debt
1,279
-
-
1,279
446
-
446
3,601
3,014
587
568
-
568
3,445
-
2,500
945
213
-
213
491,349
-
76,227
415,122
201
-
201
-
-
-
Independent
Expenditures
-
76,970
2,944
26,782
47,244
83,385
36,832
46,553
98,108
42,776
55,332
76,900
50,824
26,076
99,197
3,108
37,709
58,380
70,676
25,090
45,586
80,400
7,171
36,584
36,645
72,749
27,951
44,798
85,166
61,421
23,745
Votes
4%
35%
61%
44%
56%
44%
56%
66%
34%
3%
38%
59%
36%
64%
9%
46%
46%
38%
62%
72%
28%
Vote
%
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
71
358,391
473,438
403,637
167,167
508,426
324,257
2,646,586
339,301
274,961
Total
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358,391
-
22,377
336,015
473,438
107,128
366,310
403,637
88,863
314,774
167,167
166,599
568
508,426
-
91,360
417,065
324,257
9,310
314,947
2,646,586
125,857
920,857
1,599,871
339,301
-
339,301
274,961
274,961
Total
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28
28
D
32
Emmons, Judy Inc.
D
33
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214,849
-
D
35
Lottie, Glenn
214,849
Booher, Darwin Inc.
R
35
8,043
559,323
Total
150,150
34
-
D
34
Forbes, Cathy
409,173
Hansen, Goeff Inc.
R
34
61,335
137,080
985,421
587,876
198,415
87,584
436,118
$397,545
Total
-
43,571
-
$-
57,198
33
Sprague, Fred
Total
R
32
33
Oakes, Stacy Erwin
Total
Horn, Ken
R
31
32
-
D
31
Mindykowski, Ron
272,645
378,920
17,008
Total
Green, Mike - Inc.
R
31
58,808
30
-
D
30
Howard, Sarah
213,837
5,830
Meekhof, Arlan Inc.
R
30
19,850
349,162
Total
29
-
D
29
Penny, Lance
329,312
Hildenbrand, David - Inc.
R
29
-
15,012
334,209
27,462
74,511
319,197
Total
waiver
-
-
74,511
-
28
Gerrard, Ted
Havens, Deb
Total
MacGregor, Peter
54,436
Ananich, Jim - Inc.
R
D
27
waiver
Beginning Contributions &
Balance
Other Receipts
Gerics, Brendt
28
R
27
Candidate
27
Party
Dist
2,374
-
2,374
232,189
28,990
203,199
33,320
24,279
9,041
224,994
1,995
$222,999
9,750
2,459
7,292
6,382
1,971
4,410
856
500
356
4,019
-
1,610
2,409
-
-
-
In-kind
Contributions
201,889
-
201,889
552,829
150,150
402,679
173,728
61,335
112,393
926,946
587,876
$339,071
374,407
55,243
319,163
247,474
58,808
188,666
265,655
19,344
246,310
304,676
-
14,328
290,348
98,447
98,447
-
Expenditures
-
-
21,003
-
94,078
0
68,258
-
$58,475
1,955
77,765
-
31,001
506
110,463
-
684
28,849
30,500
Account
Balance
-
-
-
12,367
-
-
-
-
-
$-
-
-
2,943
6,000
-
-
-
500
12,113
Debt
493
-
493
31,778
9,440
22,338
862
-
862
345,739
9,781
$335,958
23,013
-
23,013
132
-
132
933
-
933
13,372
-
-
13,372
-
-
-
Independent
Expenditures
-
86,171
34,872
51,299
70,373
31,246
39,129
63,655
27,235
36,420
90,991
41,539
49,452
83,785
38,086
45,699
87,278
24,940
62,338
81,478
34,278
47,200
80,467
2,115
25,131
53,221
66,353
51,291
15,062
Votes
40%
60%
44%
56%
43%
57%
46%
54%
45%
55%
29%
71%
42%
58%
3%
31%
66%
77%
23%
Vote
%
-
-
-
35,292
-
35,292
-
-
-
97,435
97,435
$-
88,016
144
87,872
-
-
-
14,437
-
14,437
19,643
-
-
19,643
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
225,759
946,166
276,168
$1,653,589
573,905
284,988
392,850
371,243
128,947
Total
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225,759
-
225,759
910,874
188,580
722,294
276,168
85,614
190,554
1,556,154
599,652
$956,502
485,889
59,657
426,232
284,988
60,779
224,209
378,413
20,350
358,063
351,600
-
16,622
334,978
128,947
128,947
Total
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$887,060
-
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Winners in bold type; “Inc.” = incumbent
Source: Michigan Bureau of Elections
Grand Total
Total
Germain, Christopher
$12,932,712
341,340
3,865
D
38
38
337,475
37,241
Casperson, Tom
- Inc.
R
38
16,405
483,471
Total
37
-
D
37
Bellfy, Phil
467,066
-
Schmidt, Wayne
30,980
R
-
237,242
37
Lukasiewicz, Joe
268,222
D
36
Stamas, Jim
Beginning Contributions &
Balance
Other Receipts
Total
R
36
Candidate
36
Party
Dist
$1,796,017
20,251
1,928
18,323
27,546
8,417
19,129
13,569
13,569
-
In-kind
Contributions
$11,589,059
309,926
3,454
306,471
440,293
16,405
423,888
264,298
30,980
233,318
Expenditures
$2,231,713
411
68,245
-
43,178
-
3,924
Account
Balance
$864,595
-
10,778
-
48,618
-
1,040
Debt
$1,851,890
201
-
201
110,670
76
110,594
1,177
-
1,177
Independent
Expenditures
3,039,380
81,967
31,277
50,690
90,012
35,031
54,981
84,637
32,788
51,849
Votes
38%
62%
39%
61%
39%
61%
Vote
%
$1,555,161
113
113
-
65,790
-
65,790
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
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$19,022,840
399,146
687,477
282,968
Total
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$17,467,679
399,033
5,793
393,240
621,687
24,898
596,789
282,968
44,549
238,419
Total
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APPENDIX F: Top Contributors Winning Michigan Senate Candidates, 2014 Cycle
Jim Ananich (D-Senate Dist. 27)
Darwin Booher (R-Senate Dist. 35)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $85,654; Committees: $280,420
Individuals: $71,960; Committees: $145,246
Donor
Friends of Jim Ananich (State Rep.)
Amount
$131,273
Donor
Amount
Booher, Darwin
$40,000
$11,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$8,500
JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$8,100
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$7,675
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$9,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$7,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$8,600
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$6,750
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$8,400
(Jim) Ananich Future Fund
$5,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$6,352
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Flagstar PAC
$5,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$4,750
Friends of Ferris
$4,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,900
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$4,500
MI Assn of Community Bankers PAC
$3,750
MI Laborers Political League
$3,750
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$3,500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Includes contributions for 2013 special election and 2014 election
Jack Brandenburg (R-Senate Dist. 8)
Steve Bieda (D-Senate Dist. 9)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $97,260; Committees: $255,050
Individuals: $32,840; Committees: $122,387
Donor
Amount
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,400
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$7,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,697
MI ASSN. CPA PAC
$5,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$4,400
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$4,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$3,500
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$2,650
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$2,500
Moroun family
$2,500
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$2,400
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$14,000
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$10,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$9,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,350
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$8,200
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$8,100
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$7,750
MI Services Credit Union PAC
$7,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$6,850
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$5,500
Moroun family
$5,500
MI Altria Group Inc PAC
$5,000
(Jack) Brandenburg Liberty PAC
$5,000
MI Distributors & Vendors Assn. PAC / MDVA PAC
$4,650
United Parcel Service / UPS PAC
$4,500
MHSA PAC
$4,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Tom Casperson (R-Senate Dist. 38)
Judy Emmons (R-Senate Dist. 33)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $120,337; Committees: $229,907
Individuals: $45,346; Committees: $100,775
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,500
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling Corp.)
$8,485
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$8,300
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$7,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$9,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,750
DeVos family
$9,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,300
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$8,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,240
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$7,856
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$2,750
MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC
$6,750
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$6,500
Friends of Ferris
$2,450
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$5,339
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,050
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling Corp)
$5,000
Karimipour, Marla
$2,000
Cleveland-Cliffs PAC
$5,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$5,000
Montcalm Co. Republican Cmte.
$2,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,200
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,000
EQ / Wayne Disposal PAC
$4,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$4,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$3,800
Mike Green (R-Senate Dist. 31)
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,500
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $133,695; Committees: $252,517
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Patrick Colbeck (R-Senate Dist. 7)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $163,537; Committees: $295,893
Donor
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Amount
$191,732
DeVos family
$18,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$11,200
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$6,352
(Jack) Brandenburg Liberty PAC
$6,000
Colbeck, Patrick
$5,176
MI State Police Troopers PAC
$5,000
Wayne Co. 11 Congress. Dist. Republican Cmte.
$4,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,200
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,150
Haworth, Ethelyn and Richard
$4,000
Fritz, Christine and Eric
$3,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,300
Noble, Diane and Rudie
$3,300
Jurkiw, Eugene and Sonia
$3,000
Mitchell, Paul and Sherry
$3,000
Weiser, Eileen and Ron
$3,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Donor
Amount
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$20,000
DeVos family
$18,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$12,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$11,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$10,800
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$10,500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$10,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$9,050
MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC
$8,350
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$8,000
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$7,200
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$6,700
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$6,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,450
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Dittenber, Amy and David
$4,500
Moroun family
$4,500
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling Corp)
$4,030
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$4,000
JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC
$4,000
Kappen, Crystal and Warren
$4,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Vincent Gregory (D-Senate Dist. 11)
Curtis Hertel, Jr. (D-Senate Dist. 23)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $18,883; Committees: $66,450
Individuals: $92,217; Committees: $74,383
Donor
Amount
Donor
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$15,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
Amount
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,200
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$3,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,050
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,000
Gregory, Vincent
$4,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$3,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$3,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$3,400
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,500
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$3,000
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,000
Delta Dental PAC
$1,600
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$2,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$1,600
Mitchell, Christopher
$2,000
Katz, David
$1,403
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,400
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,250
David Hildenbrand (R-Senate Dist. 29)
United Health Group, Inc PAC
$1,250
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $106,275; Committees: $223,294
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Goeff Hansen (R-Senate Dist. 34)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $118,597; Committees: $492,543
Donor
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Amount
$201,736
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$16,500
DeVos family
$16,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$14,450
Meijer PAC
$11,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$10,300
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$10,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$10,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$9,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,650
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$7,650
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$7,500
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$7,000
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$6,500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$6,100
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$6,000
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$5,900
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$5,140
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$4,800
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$4,100
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$18,000
(David) Hildenbrand Leadership Fund
$10,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$7,785
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$7,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$7,000
Meijer PAC
$6,650
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$5,800
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$5,750
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,750
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$5,500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$5,250
Cotton family
$5,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$4,750
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,750
Enterprise Holdings PAC
$4,500
Kennedy, Nancy and John
$4,000
Dykema Gossett State PAC
$3,956
Warner Norcross & Judd PAC / WNJ PAC
$3,750
Spartan Stores PAC
$3,400
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Morris Hood, III (D-Senate Dist. 3)
Ken Horn (R-Senate Dist 32)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $2,912; Committees: $36,150
Individuals: $114,817; Committees: $505,627
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,600
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,450
(Mike) Kowall Majority Fund
$20,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,400
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$2,200
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$16,000
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$1,250
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$16,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$1,200
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$15,100
MI Optometric Assn PAC
$1,200
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,400
(Tim) Melton for Michigan
$1,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$7,785
MI McDonalds Operators PAC
$1,000
Frankenmuth PAC
$7,450
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$7,250
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$7,000
Fund for a Republican Majority / FARM (Mike Nofs)
$6,000
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
$5,700
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$5,140
4th Congressional Dist. Republican Cmte
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Telecommunications Assn of MI / Tele PAC
$4,700
(Dave) Hildenbrand Leadership Fund
$4,500
Amer Electric Power / AEP PAC
$4,300
AT&T Michigan PAC
$4,200
MHSA PAC
$950
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Senate Dist. 6)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/23/2014
Individuals: $10,907; Committees: $44,481
Donor
Amount
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,600
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,998
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,800
Metro Airport Fire Fighters Local 741 PAC
$2,090
AT&T Michigan PAC
$1,450
$259,190
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,110
Joe Hune (R-Senate Dist. 22)
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$1,100
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Amer Electric Power / AEP PAC
$1,050
Individuals: $169,910; Committees: $171,662
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,050
Donor
U.S. Steel Corp. PAC
$1,050
Hune, Joe
ITC Holdings Corp. PAC-MI
$1,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
Masco PAC
$1,000
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$6,950
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$6,875
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$6,150
MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC
$5,350
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$5,250
Friends of Farmers Insurance PAC
$4,625
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$4,500
AT&T Michigan PAC
$4,350
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$4,250
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$3,900
Insurance & Financial Advisors PAC
$3,700
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$3,700
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$3,650
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Amount
$105,000
$20,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Bert Johnson (D-Senate Dist. 2)
David Knezek (D-Senate Dist. 5)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $40,286; Committees: $83,238
Individuals: $65,846; Committees: $69,805
Donor
Donor
Amount
CTE Bert Johnson State Rep
Amount
$7,588
Friends to Elect David Knezek (State Rep.)
$15,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$7,200
Knezek, David
$8,400
Johnson, Bert
$7,026
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,500
Genesee 2020 PAC
$4,750
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$2,500
Henderson, Denise and Vincent
$4,000
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$2,500
McClain, Lisa and Michael
$4,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,500
Reid, Linda and Michael
$4,000
Great Lakes Leadership Fund (David Knezek)
$2,407
Shea, Karen and David
$4,000
Abdallah, Mahde
$2,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,900
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$3,500
Fisher, Phillip
$2,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,500
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$2,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,000
MI Assn of Counties PAC / MAC PAC
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,000
(Tim) Melton for Michigan
$2,000
School Administrators PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Rick Jones (R-Senate Dist. 24)
Marty Knollenberg (R-Senate Dist. 13)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $51,182; Committees: $207,021
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Donor
Amount
Individuals: $113,820; Committees: $70,400
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$29,346
Donor
Amount
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
$10,000
Knollenberg, Marty
$27,500
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
DeVos family
$18,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$9,500
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$6,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$7,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$7,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Jones, Charlene and Rick A.
$6,001
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$5,500
Knollenberg, Sandra and Joseph
$4,000
Clinton Co. Republican Cmte
$5,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$4,750
(David) Hildenbrand Leadership Fund
$3,500
Benzing, Marsha and Wes
$4,000
Powell, Jennifer and Christopher
$3,500
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$3,750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,000
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$3,700
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,000
Dauch, Anita and David
$3,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Mike Kowall (R-Senate Dist. 15)
Jim Marleau (R-Senate Dist. 12)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $162,381; Committees: $255,317
Individuals: $103,641; Committees: $230,636
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Kowall, Mike
$20,912
DeVos family
$18,000
(Mike) Kowall Majority Fund
$20,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$10,000
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,000
Cotton family
$10,000
DeVos family
$18,000
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$9,500
Moroun family
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$9,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$8,435
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$8,850
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,700
DENTAL PAC
$7,600
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$7,984
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$7,100
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$6,700
MI Osteopathic PAC
$7,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$6,350
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$6,000
North Oakland PAC / NO PAC
$6,144
MI Council of Nurse Practitioners PAC
$5,425
(Mike) Kowall Leadership Committee
$5,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$5,300
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$5,150
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,600
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling)
$5,022
Meijer PAC
$4,500
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$4,250
MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC
$5,000
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$4,250
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$5,000
AT&T Michigan PAC
$4,150
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$5,000
Mamou, Jacqueline and Habib
$4,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$4,750
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,750
Pharmacy PAC
$4,750
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Peter MacGregor (R-Senate Dist. 28)
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Arlan Meekhof (R-Senate Dist. 30)
Individuals: $95,224; Committees: $226,843
Donor
Amount
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
CTE Peter MacGregor (State Rep.)
$75,012
Individuals: $55,285; Committees: $162,962
DeVos family
$18,000
Donor
Amount
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$14,500
DeVos family
$14,000
MacGregor, Christine and Peter
$12,414
Comerica Inc. PAC
$7,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$9,750
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,500
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$9,500
JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$8,500
Haworth, Ethie and Dick
$4,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$6,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$3,950
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn PAC
$5,565
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling)
$3,936
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$5,000
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$3,800
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,750
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$3,750
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$4,500
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$3,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$3,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,500
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$3,050
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Mike Nofs (R-Senate Dist. 19)
Margaret O’Brien (R-Senate Dist. 20)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $32,395; Committees: $250,182
Individuals: $141,519; Committees: $1,043,230
Donor
Amount
Donor
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$13,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$771,694
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$12,500
Citizens for Margaret O’Brien (State Rep.)
$35,100
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$12,100
(Tonya) Schuitmaker For Majority
$19,500
Telecommunications Assn of MI / Tele PAC
$11,850
DeVos family
$18,000
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling)
$10,070
COMM-PAC
$15,000
MI State Police Troopers PAC
$8,950
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
$15,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$7,200
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,550
Kalamazoo Co. Republican Cmte.
$10,000
JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC
$6,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,000
SEMCO Energy PAC
$5,800
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
AT&T Michigan PAC
$5,350
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$9,700
Amer Electric Power Co / AEP PAC
$5,000
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$9,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$7,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,750
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$7,000
Meijer PAC
$4,500
(Jack) Brandenburg Liberty Fund
$6,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$4,050
Fund for a Republican Majority / FARM (Mike
Nofs)
$6,000
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
$5,500
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Michigan Physical Therapy PAC
$5,000
Right to Life of MI PAC
$5,000
Jandernoa, Susan and Michael
$4,000
Jones, Antoinette and Mark
$4,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$4,000
Parfet, Barbara and William
$4,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Amount
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Phil Pavlov (R-Senate Dist 25)
David Robertson (R-Senate Dist. 14)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $193,740; Committees: $171,950
Individuals: $160,205; Committees: $175,123
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Pavol, Phil
$39,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$15,500
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$20,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$8,000
DeVos family
$18,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$7,000
Foster Swift PAC
$15,216
DeVos family
$7,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$10,464
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$6,750
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$7,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,722
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,750
MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC
$5,500
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos Family)
$6,750
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$6,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,800
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,000
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$4,250
Fletcher, Mary and Gary
$4,000
Serra, Julie and Joseph
$4,000
Subbarayan, Nirmala and Murugappan
$4,000
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
$3,850
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$3,750
Boating PAC
$3,750
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$3,500
(David) Hildenbrand Leadership Fund
$3,500
SEMCO Energy PAC
$3,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Tory Rocca (R-Senate Dist. 10)
John Proos (R-Senate Dist. 21)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $47,360; Committees: $235,000
Individuals: $85,880; Committees: $197,898
Donor
Amount
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$13,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$11,900
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$9,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$8,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$6,200
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,950
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,800
Kelly Services PAC
$4,500
MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC
$4,250
Telecommunications Assn of MI / Tele PAC
$4,250
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$4,000
Warner Norcross & Judd PAC / WNJ PAC
$4,000
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling)
$3,618
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$20,000
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling)
$10,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$10,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$9,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$8,500
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$8,000
United Food & Commercial Workers PAC
$7,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$7,000
Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers PAC
$6,500
MI Dietetic Assn PAC
$6,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,250
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$6,250
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$6,000
Meijer PAC
$5,500
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$5,000
MI Funeral Directors Assn. PAC
$4,750
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$4,250
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Wayne Schmidt (R-Senate Dist. 37)
Tonya Schuitmaker (R-Senate Dist. 26)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $212,074; Committees: $273,578
Individuals: $115,335; Committees: $198,438
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Schmidt, Wayne
$53,447
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$10,000
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,000
(Tonya) Schuitmaker For Majority
$10,000
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,225
DeVos family
$18,000
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$12,050
COMM-PAC
$7,450
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$11,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$7,400
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$6,775
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$9,200
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$6,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,575
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$8,600
Amer Electric Power Co / AEP PAC
$4,000
Meijer PAC
$7,500
Citizens Action Fund (Sterling)
$3,933
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$6,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$3,625
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$6,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John Walsh)
$5,000
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$5,000
CRAM RUSH PAC
$5,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$5,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$5,000
Saginaw PAC (Roger Kahn)
$5,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$4,400
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,200
Griffin, Kelley Ann and James
$4,000
Kelley, Paula and David
$4,000
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$4,000
MI Paving & Materials/Oldcastle Materials PAC
$4,000
Mowczan, Lauren and Alex
$4,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Mike Shirkey (R-Senate Dist. 16)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $66,166; Committees: $92,914
Virgil Smith (D-Senate Dist 4)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $55,295; Committees: $143,701
Donor
Amount
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$15,401
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$12,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$6,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$6,050
Friends of Farmers Insurance PAC
$6,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$4,950
Detroit Police Officers Assn PAC
$3,250
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$3,250
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$3,000
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$3,000
13th Congressional Dist Democratic Cmte
$2,500
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$2,500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,500
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,500
Cmte to Elect Mike Shirkey (State Rep.)
$41,414
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Shirkey, Michael
$31,001
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$6,000
Land, Judy and Paul
$3,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,000
Haworth, Ethelyn and Richard
$3,000
MAC PAC (Peter MacGregor)
$3,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Jim Stamas (R-Senate Dist. 36)
Coleman Young (D-Senate Dist. 1)
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $73,835; Committees: $158,275
Individuals: $1,940; Committees: $29,761
Donor
Amount
Donor
Friends of Jim Stamas (State Rep.)
$43,227
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
Amount
$5,961
Cotton family
$5,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,180
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,090
House Republican Campaign Committee
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,500
AT&T Michigan PAC
$1,780
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,500
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,320
Fisher, Yvonne and James
$3,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$1,250
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$3,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,120
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$2,750
MI Optometric Assn PAC
$1,120
Telecommunications Assn of MI / Tele PAC
$2,750
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
Fitterling, James
$2,500
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
Meijer PAC
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,500
Dale Zorn (R-Senate Dist 17)
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Rebekah Warren (D-Senate Dist. 18)
Individuals: $92,015; Committees: $738,677
Top Donors, 11/23/2010 - 11/24/2014
Donor
Individuals: $155,652; Committees: $115,086
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Amount
$504,975
Donors
Amount
CTE Dale Zorn (State Rep.)
$40,358
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$10,156
Zorn, Dale
$23,270
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$7,750
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$21,180
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$7,200
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$7,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$11,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$5,750
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$11,000
Buhr, Thomas
$3,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$2,950
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,300
Johnson, Tim
$2,928
Monroe Co. Republican Cmte.
$8,250
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,750
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$8,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,250
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$7,500
21st Century Club
$2,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Greff, Renee and Matt
$2,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$4,750
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$2,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$3,750
Jung, J.M.
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$2,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Broderson, Dolores
R
D
3
3
D
5
Bridges, Tairia
R
D
6
6
Bradley, David
D
7
7
Ewald, Christopher
D
8
8
-
Total
Hauser, Matthew
Love, Leslie
R
D
9
10
10
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Santana, Harvey Inc
D
9
Total
13,612
Stephens, James
10
waiver
Total
R
9
-
waiver
-
waiver
-
waiver
-
waiver
8
Gay-Dagnogo,
Sherry
Total
R
7
Garrett, LaTanya
Total
R
6
Chang, Stephanie
Total
5
Durhal, Fred
Patterson, Dorothy
R
5
19,014
12,501
6,513
31,972
31,972
-
41,867
41,867
-
11,584
11,584
-
115,005
115,005
-
24,800
24,800
-
4,750
Robinson, Rose
Mary C.- Inc
Total
1,706
D
4
4
4,750
waiver
Floyd, Edith
R
4
14,368
-
Total
14,368
waiver
26,982
26,982
-
67,630
$67,630
-
Contributions
& Other Receipts
3
Byrd, Wendell
Total
2,509
D
2
waiver
Lamar, Daniel
Talabi, Alberta Tinsley - Inc.
R
2
waiver
$1,365
Hauler, John
Banks, Brian R. Inc.
2
D
1
Beginning
Balance
Total
R
1
Candidate
1
Party
Dist
11,415
17,875
2,024
6,460
33,122
33,122
-
40,689
40,689
-
9,173
9,173
-
99,440
99,440
-
16,995
16,995
-
5,747
5,747
-
12,742
12,742
-
24,396
24,396
-
59,751
$59,751
-
Expenditures
686
1,339
-
-
-
-
-
-
196
196
-
1,590
1,590
-
-
-
-
5,199
5,199
-
-
-
-
250
250
-
485
$485
In-kind
Contributions
-
1,086
53
12,462
-
1,178
-
2,411
-
15,566
-
7,805
-
708
-
1,626
-
5,095
-
$9,245
Account
Balance
-
1,272
-
2,740
11,451
3,135
-
-
-
12,868
-
$6,500
Debt
-
-
-
6,216
6,216
-
2,441
2,441
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,274
1,274
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,400
$1,400
-
Independent
Expenditures
-
Vote
%
3%
5%
5%
6%
2%
3%
4%
26,241
21,583 82%
4,658 18%
18,433
17,606 96%
827
23,778
23,008 97%
770
23,692
23,164 98%
528
19,075
17,926 94%
1,149
12,441
11,796 95%
645
16,505
15,609 95%
896
20,064
19,481 97%
583
25,033
17,369 69%
7,664 31%
23,774
15,992 67%
7,782 33%
Votes
62,418
62,418
-
120
120
-
27,583
27,583
-
21,142
21,142
-
36,295
36,295
-
17,414
17,414
-
-
-
-
47,857
47,857
-
41,695
41,695
-
64,529
$64,529
-
Primary
Opponents
83,456
51,920
71,891
32,922
152,891
43,488
11,655
62,225
71,436
$135,410
Total
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21,038
13,187
7,852
51,800
51,800
-
44,308
44,308
-
11,780
11,780
-
116,596
116,596
-
26,074
26,074
-
11,655
11,655
-
14,368
14,368
-
29,741
29,741
-
70,881
$70,881
Total
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Total
Thompson, Kelly
R
D
11
12
12
D
14
Boron, Steve
R
D
16
16
Londo, Charles
R
D
17
17
Total
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
19
87,820
7,700
D
19
Dogonski, Stacey
85,284
80,120
-
Total
Cox, Laura
60,259
R
Roberts, Sarah Inc.
D
18
25,025
19
16,903
Fraschetti, Roland
R
18
76,884
51,605
$25,279
36,805
33,267
3,538
63,166
18
-
Total
1,770
$-
795
-
17
LaVoy, Bill - Inc.
Total
16
Kosowski, Robert
L. - Inc
Total
Darany, George T.
- Inc
D
15
15
6,600
56,566
38,680
Salemassi, Johnnie *
R
15
29,435
696
Total
29,435
waiver
15,165
10,895
4,270
42,671
42,671
-
50,820
41,580
9,240
Contributions
& Other Receipts
14
Clemente, Paul Inc.
Inks, Nathan
R
14
D
13
Total
Sawicki, Harry
Liberati, Frank
R
13
13
-
Total
-
12
Geiss, Erika
waiver
-
Plawecki, Julie
D
11
-
Beginning
Balance
Rhoades, Jim
R
11
Candidate
Party
Dist
1,550
1,450
100
799
551
248
1,628
1,628
$-
911
150
761
1,118
150
968
150
150
-
4,664
4,664
-
1,169
1,169
-
-
-
-
In-kind
Contributions
76,180
6,254
69,926
78,651
53,777
24,874
76,815
51,540
$25,275
29,957
26,495
3,463
61,932
58,653
3,279
29,859
29,859
-
14,576
10,838
3,739
41,627
41,627
-
40,625
31,957
8,668
Expenditures
1,446
10,194
23,385
151
1,834
$4
7,567
75
36,593
3,321
272
-
57
531
1,044
-
9,983
572
Account
Balance
-
-
-
-
24,400
25,630
$7,104
5,100
-
160
-
17,135
1,118
491
10,000
Debt
107
-
107
432
-
432
-
-
$-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
34,991
13,377 38%
21,614 62%
30,378
18,854 62%
11,524 38%
24,526
14,623 60%
9,903 40%
22,506
15,346 68%
7,160 32%
22,225
15,009 68%
7,216 32%
20,884
14,661 70%
6,223 30%
25,045
15,283 61%
9,762 39%
22,030
15,334 70%
6,696 30%
23,279
16,252 70%
7,027 30%
Votes
21,432
-
21,432
-
-
-
-
-
$-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
21,005
21,005
-
-
-
-
79,956
79,956
-
Primary
Opponents
85
110,909
103,418
$80,282
38,511
102,964
30,281
65,879
43,840
130,776
Total
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9,150
80,327
103,418
77,713
25,705
80,282
55,002
$25,279
38,511
34,212
4,299
102,964
95,396
7,568
30,281
30,281
-
19,829
15,559
4,270
43,840
43,840
-
50,820
41,580
9,240
Total
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Bonnell, Jeff
R
D
UST
22
22
22
Somerville, Pat Inc.
D
23
23
Forlini, Anthony G.
- Inc.
D
UST
24
24
24
Hawatmeh, Nick
D
25
25
Dildilian, Greg
D
26
26
D
28
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Foster, Beth
Miller, Derek
Total
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| List of Tables
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waiver
Wittenberg, Robert
D
27
28
-
Ryan, Michael
27
-
Total
R
27
14,248
-
15,863
-
waiver
478
28,769
-
6,521
waiver
-
waiver
26
Townsend, Jim Inc.
Total
R
25
Yanez, Henry - Inc.
Total
R
24
Smith, Daryl
Kurczewski, Philip
Total
R
23
Haener, David
Total
R
22
Townsend, Les
Chirkun, John
Total
-
Pagan, Kristy
D
21
21
-
Fausone, Carol Ann
-
Total
Smith-Tyge, Nate
2,507
R
D
20
Heise, Kurt - Inc.
Beginning
Balance
21
R
20
Candidate
20
Party
Dist
91,834
91,834
-
67,363
57,792
9,571
77,733
69,309
8,425
323,775
159,730
164,045
112,162
-
5,725
106,437
257,026
83,626
173,400
37,416
-
37,416
-
300,491
190,630
109,860
213,391
37,430
175,961
Contributions
& Other Receipts
817
817
-
400
400
-
-
-
-
127,793
8,402
119,391
230
-
150
80
126,144
927
125,217
50
-
50
-
76,161
8,423
67,737
9,005
2,500
6,505
In-kind
Contributions
33,652
33,652
-
62,262
54,143
8,119
81,584
73,600
7,984
319,230
158,876
160,354
57,355
-
4,737
52,618
246,050
78,355
167,695
33,491
-
33,491
-
290,720
180,860
109,860
213,429
36,700
176,729
Expenditures
58,182
-
3,649
1,453
9,957
441
16,717
3,692
-
1,467
82,587
5,271
12,226
-
3,925
-
9,770
-
730
1,739
Account
Balance
-
5,148
2,000
-
-
13,640
12,365
1,400
20,891
6,239
10,000
-
6,535
-
17,800
7,240
Debt
294
-
294
-
-
-
140
-
140
168,564
119,099
49,465
6,139
-
5,554
585
155,992
138,401
17,591
294
-
-
294
150,599
144,580
6,019
107
-
107
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
4%
2%
20,788
13,363 64%
7,425 36%
31,427
23,756 76%
7,671 24%
29,132
17,755 61%
11,377 39%
28,000
14,974 53%
13,026 47%
27,941
690
10,893 39%
16,358 59%
30,814
14,754 48%
16,060 52%
21,047
882
13,461 64%
6,704 32%
30,368
16,778 55%
13,590 45%
34,884
13,459 39%
21,425 61%
Votes
4,300
-
4,300
54,649
54,649
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
37,529
37,529
-
17,681
-
17,681
-
69,813
69,813
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
96,951
122,412
92,122
635,995
147,778
583,211
55,147
597,063
225,010
Total
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92,651
92,651
-
67,763
58,192
9,571
92,122
83,557
8,565
635,995
303,094
332,901
147,778
-
11,907
135,870
545,682
222,954
322,729
37,466
-
37,466
-
527,250
343,634
183,617
225,010
39,930
185,080
Total
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Farrington, Jeff Inc.
D
30
Rode, Phil
R
D
31
31
LaFontaine, Andrea
M. - Inc.
R
D
32
32
-
Rogers, Bruce
R
D
34
34
Brim, Robert
R
D
35
35
Lucido, Peter
R
D
36
36
D
38
Total
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
38
Crawford, Kathy
Catanzaro, Jasper
Total
R
-
-
Greig, Christine
D
37
38
-
Lerner, Richard
37
-
Total
R
37
waiver
-
-
waiver
-
206
36
Murphy, Robert
Total
35
Moss, Jeremy
Total
34
Neely, Sheldon
Total
33
waiver
3,392
5,392
77,240
2,000
13,260
8,243
5,016
5,984
-
5,984
1,001
1,001
-
384
-
384
-
-
-
-
-
$-
150
150
-
45,489
1,938
43,551
710
150
560
In-kind
Contributions
18,345
58,895
135,730
119,430
16,300
337,865
-
337,865
60,193
60,193
-
38,505
35,805
2,700
24,753
-
D
33
Ruffin, Joe
24,753
Goike, Ken - Inc.
R
33
7,379
61,634
-
$61,634
91,016
84,367
6,649
198,104
51,994
146,110
99,295
91,092
8,203
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
waiver
$5,142
51,456
-
-
19,883
28,357
Beginning
Balance
32
Kraft, Pamela
Total
31
Lane, Marilyn - Inc.
Total
30
Karpinsky, Bo
Total
Greimel, Tim - Inc.
R
D
29
Lonier, David
30
R
29
Candidate
29
Party
Dist
75,374
18,345
57,029
127,125
113,577
13,548
336,357
-
336,357
52,926
52,926
-
32,633
29,883
2,750
21,154
-
21,154
52,932
-
$52,932
49,539
42,988
6,551
212,363
51,994
160,369
110,079
101,877
8,203
Expenditures
-
-
1,866
5,853
2,752
-
1,508
5,293
-
5,922
156
-
10,978
-
$13,845
92,835
98
-
5,624
17,573
Account
Balance
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
31,210
2,932
185,000
-
5,000
-
-
$-
25,000
Debt
2,871
2,758
113
4,473
-
4,473
591
153
438
-
-
-
-
-
-
446
-
446
446
-
$446
294
-
294
11,826
11
11,815
-
-
-
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
9%
30,742
11,508 37%
19,234 63%
33,507
19,148 57%
14,359 43%
29,813
8,966 30%
20,847 70%
38,128
31,655 83%
6,473 17%
18,794
17,124 91%
1,670
27,546
9,398 34%
18,148 66%
26,133
9,915 38%
16,218 62%
25,823
15,769 61%
10,054 39%
23,109
10,455 45%
12,654 55%
20,422
15,042 74%
5,380 26%
Votes
17,188
-
17,188
90,976
89,976
1,000
108,783
-
108,783
32,071
32,071
-
44,905
44,905
-
-
-
-
-
-
$-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
87
102,691
244,439
453,070
93,265
84,000
32,578
$67,223
142,916
275,302
128,363
Total
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85,503
24,495
61,008
153,463
127,673
25,789
344,288
-
344,288
61,194
61,194
-
39,095
35,805
3,290
32,578
-
32,578
67,223
-
$67,223
142,916
135,973
6,943
275,302
53,942
221,359
128,363
119,600
8,763
Total
Resources
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McCready, Mike Inc.
D
40
Runestad, Jim
R
D
44
44
Jacobsen, Bradford
C - Inc.
R
D
46
46
L
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$12,568
Total
Faris, Pam - Inc.
D
48
48
waiver
Stikovich, Stephanie
R
48
waiver
Total
Young, Rodger
47
23,838
$23,838
-
128,375
-
2,300
47
-
D
47
Genso, Jordan
104,122
126,075
-
Total
Vaupel, Henry
R
-
104,122
47
waiver
45,059
97,993
46,746
46
Lillis, David
Total
45
-
D
45
VanRaaphorst, Joanna
51,247
Webber, Michael
R
45
-
99,674
1,700
97,974
Total
-
-
96,829
199,814
44
Venie, Mark
Total
43
-
D
43
Ritter, Dennis
102,985
-
Tedder, Jim
R
43
7,195
111,638
Total
42
-
D
42
Johnson, Timothy
104,444
Theis, Lana
R
42
-
245,218
Total
114,721
41
1,337
D
41
Kerwin, Mary
130,497
Howrylak, Martin Inc.
R
41
196
101,745
15,692
86,053
425,895
113,103
312,792
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
-
2,456
-
13,234
Beginning
Balance
40
Belden, Mary
Total
Sandy Colvin
R
D
39
Kesto, Klint - Inc.
40
R
39
Candidate
39
Party
Dist
350
$350
-
2,716
-
-
2,716
-
-
-
10,160
9,910
250
142
-
142
35,880
2,719
33,161
2,770
-
2,770
79,851
2,174
77,677
6,615
3,579
3,036
137,354
422
136,932
In-kind
Contributions
18,663
$18,663
-
118,840
-
2,198
116,642
92,374
-
92,374
111,674
58,723
52,952
86,236
500
85,736
196,472
96,082
100,390
77,718
5,221
72,497
240,622
110,208
130,415
95,118
15,837
79,281
435,161
112,999
322,162
Expenditures
$17,743
-
-
102
9,433
-
56,807
(11,977)
411
1,200
12,237
747
2,595
1,974
31,946
5,850
279
(145)
9,229
104
3,864
Account
Balance
-
-
$-
-
70,000
41,000
-
3,075
23,261
36,566
22,000
-
40,000
24,500
49,177
2,753
45,371
Debt
-
$-
-
1,169
-
-
1,169
47,119
-
47,119
256
-
256
475
-
475
4,423
-
4,423
20,464
-
20,464
73,220
2,519
70,701
474
-
474
157,786
129,936
27,850
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
4%
28,287
17,631 62%
10,656 38%
30,384
1,300
8,086 27%
20,998 69%
31,110
9,597 31%
21,513 69%
32,705
14,336 44%
18,369 56%
32,200
10,362 32%
21,838 68%
32,041
13,379 42%
18,662 58%
36,024
12,547 35%
23,477 65%
32,960
14,589 44%
18,371 56%
41,088
17,408 42%
23,680 58%
32,040
15,300 48%
16,740 52%
Votes
-
-
-
80,249
-
-
80,249
27,000
-
27,000
27,936
-
27,936
103,167
-
103,167
98,925
18,435
80,490
40,770
-
40,770
-
-
-
-
-
-
24,671
-
24,671
Primary
Opponents
$36,756
212,509
223,301
136,345
203,457
339,043
175,643
399,822
111,291
758,940
Total
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36,756
$36,756
-
132,260
-
2,300
129,960
196,301
-
196,301
108,409
56,656
51,753
100,290
1,700
98,590
240,118
99,549
140,569
134,873
7,195
127,678
399,822
120,751
279,071
111,291
19,271
92,019
734,269
243,461
490,808
Total
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Withers, Craig
D
50
-
Hochstetler, John
R
D
52
52
D
UST
56
56
D
57
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Total
Wimple, Sharon
Jenkins, Nancy Inc.
R
57
57
Total
56
Bain, R. Al
Redmond, Tom
Sheppard, Jason
R
56
-
11,206
waiver
-
-
6,879
Total
Zemke, Adam - Inc.
D
55
55
waiver
Burk, Leonard
R
55
Rutledge, David Inc.
D
54
Total
10,872
Moore, Ed
R
54
54
waiver
Total
130,848
33,450
97,398
222,051
-
100,804
121,247
34,985
34,985
-
36,680
36,680
-
45,617
Irwin, Jeff - Inc.
D
53
53
45,617
waiver
15,109
Spisak, John
R
53
165,688
Total
2,433
163,255
5,357
156,359
34,242
52
Driskell, Gretchen
- Inc.
Total
51
-
D
51
Thomas, Ken
122,117
Graves, Joseph Inc.
R
51
18,597
37,897
30,392
7,505
48,091
45,141
2,950
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
18,157
-
423
Beginning
Balance
50
Smiley, Charles Inc.
Total
Phelps, Phil - Inc.
R
D
49
Penton, Lu
50
R
49
Candidate
49
Party
Dist
5,436
2,018
3,418
202,701
-
4,326
198,375
150
150
-
150
150
-
1,348
1,348
-
714
714
-
1,464
1,026
438
836
343
494
150
150
-
In-kind
Contributions
109,878
30,362
79,516
217,348
-
96,727
120,621
36,366
36,366
-
43,115
43,115
-
12,608
12,608
-
159,387
157,353
2,033
128,981
30,590
98,390
55,164
48,062
7,102
46,842
44,593
2,249
Expenditures
3,088
29,088
-
4,077
625
5,498
-
4,437
-
48,118
-
11,260
399
3,652
42,323
487
403
971
701
Account
Balance
-
1,750
-
842
-
10,500
28,746
-
-
-
-
2,500
2,015
16,000
Debt
1,042
11
1,031
21,547
-
434
21,113
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,349
803
546
10,926
-
10,926
-
-
-
166
-
166
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
3%
26,355
10,933 41%
15,422 59%
27,019
697
12,726 47%
13,596 50%
28,118
19,090 68%
9,028 32%
24,702
18,610 75%
6,092 25%
25,508
21,004 82%
4,504 18%
37,114
20,849 56%
16,265 44%
33,540
14,111 42%
19,429 58%
28,967
17,018 59%
11,949 41%
24,735
18,211 74%
6,524 26%
Votes
-
-
-
39,869
-
-
39,869
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
89
148,532
486,168
42,014
47,702
62,075
173,109
187,345
56,890
48,830
Total
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148,532
35,479
113,053
446,299
-
105,564
340,735
42,014
42,014
-
47,702
47,702
-
62,075
62,075
-
173,109
170,130
2,979
187,345
35,268
152,078
56,890
48,891
7,999
48,830
45,714
3,116
Total
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Miller, Aaron
D
59
Perrin, Mike
R
D
60
60
Bizon, John
D
62
62
Nesbitt, Aric - Inc.
D
66
66
Total
90 Return to Table of Contents
67
Hayhoe, John
R
D
67
67
1,537
-
-
34,286
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Total
66
Brown, Annie
Total
R
65
Muszynski, Ronald
139,976
111,360
28,616
316,448
83,768
232,680
124,730
-
11,155
L
65
1,910
D
65
Johnson, Bonnie
113,575
Roberts, Brett
R
65
-
103,045
Total
64
17,312
85,733
-
13,391
Poleski, Earl - Inc.
R
D
64
64
Pilgrim, Brenda
99,221
Total
63
17,044
$82,177
$-
D
63
6,485
Maturen, David
R
63
Farmer, Bill
292,065
66,400
225,665
215,676
3,000
Total
-
-
-
62
Helmboldt, Andy
Total
R
61
Stampfler, Michael
54,439
L
61
-
D
61
Fisher, John
158,237
Iden, Brandt
R
61
-
174,697
174,697
-
50,086
18,911
31,175
60,445
3,964
56,481
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
-
waiver
86
-
29
-
Beginning
Balance
60
Hoadley, Jon
Total
59
Moroz, Mike
Total
Thomas, Amaryllis
R
D
58
Leutheuser, Eric
59
R
58
Candidate
58
Party
Dist
4,960
1,756
3,204
88,139
71,963
16,176
25,934
-
5,331
20,603
10,298
10,298
-
255
233
$22
78,246
15,857
62,389
535,209
-
372,803
162,406
5,357
5,357
-
3,236
2,137
1,100
4,088
3,975
114
In-kind
Contributions
133,219
104,604
28,616
345,070
79,504
265,567
122,685
-
14,806
107,879
109,040
15,123
93,917
84,113
22,572
$61,540
288,019
63,613
224,406
208,238
3,000
47,954
157,285
162,163
162,163
-
42,593
17,563
25,030
55,396
4,496
50,900
Expenditures
8,294
-
4,264
1,399
-
(1,741)
5,696
2,189
5,207
957
$20,637
537
1,259
-
6,485
953
12,534
-
1,434
6,145
(503)
5,581
Account
Balance
-
-
11,360
-
-
58,500
-
24,261
-
$25,000
-
52,645
1,000
8,601
5,000
4,067
790
80
10,000
Debt
2,824
2,824
-
20,221
-
20,221
1,692
-
-
1,692
217
23
194
18,620
-
$18,620
301,718
-
301,718
97,917
-
-
97,917
-
-
-
99
-
99
194
-
194
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
9%
3%
31,257
16,976 54%
14,281 46%
27,399
11,646 43%
15,753 57%
28,003
971
11,077 40%
15,955 57%
23,606
9,167 39%
14,439 61%
29,741
13,023 44%
16,718 56%
23,211
11,336 49%
11,875 51%
33,105
2,941
14,148 43%
16,016 48%
22,124
15,513 70%
6,611 30%
22,712
8,572 38%
14,140 62%
23,803
6,786 29%
17,017 71%
Votes
-
-
-
-
-
-
113,720
-
5,671
108,049
-
-
-
49,746
-
$49,746
56,270
15,715
40,555
32,191
-
-
32,191
52,339
52,339
-
255,724
-
255,724
89,239
-
89,239
Primary
Opponents
149,298
459,094
267,986
126,951
$174,327
728,299
880,993
232,393
309,231
153,995
Total
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149,298
117,479
31,820
459,094
155,731
303,363
154,266
-
18,396
135,870
126,951
27,633
99,318
124,581
23,762
$100,819
672,029
82,257
589,772
848,802
3,000
427,242
418,560
180,054
180,054
-
53,507
21,134
32,374
64,756
7,967
56,789
Total
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Lambert, Frank
D
69
Barrett, Tom
R
D
71
71
Yonker, Ken - Inc.
R
D
72
72
Lohrstorfer, John
R
D
75
75
DeJonge, Donijo
D
UST
76
76
76
D
77
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Total
Hanselman, Jessica
Hooker, Tom - Inc.
R
77
77
Total
76
Mohr, William
Brinks, Winnie - Inc.
Total
R
75
Dillon, Brandon Inc.
Total
74
-
2,380
-
17,830
15,450
387,774
-
226,251
161,523
90,400
89,043
1,358
58,950
16,183
waiver
6,826
-
2,570
-
waiver
D
74
Erdman, Richard
58,950
10,173
VerHeulen, Rob Inc.
R
74
116,115
Total
73
waiver
D
73
Polonowski, Mary
116,115
Afendoulis, Chris
R
73
-
62,151
11,146
51,005
333,963
155,045
178,918
Total
-
26,774
14,794
-
57,214
72
Hamulic, Kemal
Total
71
Abed, Theresa - Inc.
Total
70
1,895
55,319
-
23,346
Outman, Rick - Inc.
R
D
70
70
Hoisington, James
95,715
95,715
-
83,653
Total
981
waiver
83,653
-
Contributions
& Other Receipts
69
Singh, Sam - Inc.
Total
15,731
Schor, Andy - Inc.
R
D
68
waiver
Beginning
Balance
Secaur, Rob
69
R
68
Candidate
68
Party
Dist
589
589
-
683,503
-
412,957
270,546
1,000
-
1,000
-
-
-
242
-
242
150
150
-
637,287
341,956
295,331
449
-
449
807
807
-
340
340
-
In-kind
Contributions
16,189
2,380
13,809
378,639
-
217,116
161,523
79,405
78,326
1,079
27,581
-
27,581
115,155
-
115,155
77,277
11,146
66,131
346,679
169,759
176,919
70,793
1,935
68,858
93,067
93,067
-
59,986
59,986
-
Expenditures
-
-
17,825
-
13,461
-
13,286
279
-
41,542
-
960
-
11,648
80
1,998
(40)
9,807
3,629
-
39,398
Account
Balance
-
-
-
6,452
-
-
-
-
-
500
-
21,839
-
4,000
-
7,148
Debt
471
-
471
116,537
-
20,328
96,209
139
-
139
471
-
471
4,722
-
4,722
685
-
685
38,755
34,730
4,025
362
-
362
325
-
325
-
-
-
Independent
Expenditures
-
Vote
%
2%
24,052
7,938 33%
16,114 67%
30,315
689
15,804 52%
13,822 46%
16,798
12,393 74%
4,405 26%
27,298
8,509 31%
18,789 69%
35,817
11,561 32%
24,256 68%
26,214
8,332 32%
17,882 68%
35,372
17,612 50%
17,760 50%
21,659
8,283 38%
13,376 62%
27,235
18,476 68%
8,759 32%
25,486
19,602 77%
5,884 23%
Votes
-
-
-
34,466
-
-
34,466
-
-
-
-
-
-
129,460
-
129,460
36,786
-
36,786
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
91
59,126
1,259,421
94,109
96,892
286,356
126,546
1,024,800
81,371
97,504
99,724
Total
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35,074
2,970
32,104
1,194,640
-
666,362
528,278
94,109
91,613
2,497
69,594
-
69,594
121,079
-
121,079
89,760
11,296
78,464
1,024,800
546,526
478,274
81,371
1,895
79,476
97,504
97,504
-
99,724
99,724
Total
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Pscholka, Al - Inc.
D
UST
79
79
D
L
80
80
80
D
84
84
Glardon, Ben - Inc.
D
L
85
85
85
Total
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217,494
110,352
D
86
Mason, Lynn
107,142
Lyons, Lisa Posthumus - Inc.
R
86
-
90,633
205,212
157,627
25,652
295,845
43,209
92,035
131,975
Total
waiver
-
32,040
-
485
14,089
85
Snyder, Roger
Braidwood, Annie
Total
R
84
Jaroch, David
Total
Canfield, Edward
R
83
-
D
83
Middleton, Marcus
78,367
77,946
2,165
Total
Muxlow, Paul - Inc.
R
83
26,638
82
-
D
82
DeLuca, Margaret
51,728
-
Courser, Todd
R
82
3,544
87,093
Total
81
-
D
81
Licata, Bernardo *
83,549
Lauwers, Dan - Inc.
R
81
7,408
64,809
-
1,520
63,289
171,242
-
6,720
164,522
36,450
-
$36,450
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
waiver
-
-
waiver
-
7,587
waiver
$1,422
Beginning
Balance
80
Davidsons, Arnis
Parker, Geoff
Total
Gamrat, Cindy
R
79
Oehling, Carl
Lester, Eric
Total
Shields, Cartier
R
D
78
Pagel, Dave - Inc.
78
R
78
Candidate
79
Party
Dist
366
366
-
360,306
-
177,186
183,120
6,441
929
5,513
322
322
-
18,568
13,708
4,860
120
-
120
1,078
-
250
828
10,645
-
10,290
355
392
-
$392
In-kind
Contributions
180,804
108,619
72,185
293,622
-
87,715
205,907
156,308
24,652
131,656
65,617
12,931
52,686
67,112
15,964
51,147
89,021
3,669
85,352
61,504
-
1,520
59,984
162,406
-
6,720
155,686
37,718
-
$37,718
Expenditures
1,733
78,166
-
2,918
31,345
1,000
804
1,158
27,425
10,674
581
(125)
5,605
-
-
3,305
-
-
16,423
-
$154
Account
Balance
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
187,698
8,586
45,869
11,390
7,933
-
-
$4,000
Debt
3,983
-
3,983
108,274
-
2,252
106,022
4,123
-
4,123
153
-
153
153
-
153
145
-
145
345
-
-
345
3,590
-
-
3,590
213
-
$213
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
2%
4%
5%
30,789
10,516 34%
20,273 66%
32,068
1,473
13,714 43%
16,881 53%
28,732
11,715 41%
17,017 59%
24,170
9,157 38%
15,013 62%
28,498
12,799 45%
15,699 55%
27,982
9,808 35%
18,174 65%
28,086
1,003
9,451 34%
17,632 63%
25,150
497
9,911 39%
14,742 59%
22,848
7,488 33%
15,360 67%
Votes
6,693
-
6,693
-
-
-
-
176,952
15
176,937
-
-
-
146,050
3,820
142,230
-
-
-
140,548
-
-
140,548
19,113
-
-
19,113
5,771
-
$5,771
Primary
Opponents
271,744
796,465
345,628
94,675
243,138
94,767
206,780
212,177
$67,096
Total
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265,051
110,717
154,334
796,465
-
270,071
526,394
168,676
26,581
142,096
94,675
14,411
80,264
97,088
40,347
56,741
94,767
3,544
91,223
66,232
-
1,770
64,462
193,064
-
17,010
176,054
38,477
-
38,477
Total
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Victory, Roger - Inc.
D
88
Hughes, Holly
R
D
NPA
91
91
91
Berman, Ken
R
D
92
92
Leonard, Tom - Inc.
R
D
NPA
93
93
93
D
94
94
Haskins, Jordan
D
95
95
D
96
Total
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
96
Jaime, Carlos
96
Brunner, Charles
M. - Inc.
Total
R
95
Guerra, Vanessa
Total
R
94
Mosca, Vincent
Total
Kelly, Tim - Inc.
R
93
Trebesh, Michael
Derke, Josh
Total
92
Hovey-Wright, Marcia - Inc.
Total
91
Jager, Alan
Lamonte, Collene - Inc.
Total
90
27,055
-
-
waiver
waiver
14,318
waiver
-
$23,382
15,621
-
-
9,364
15,062
waiver
56,404
53,707
2,697
32,899
32,899
-
57,847
-
57,847
120,075
-
5,385
$114,690
38,253
37,353
900
526,424
4,461
239,766
282,197
75,264
-
D
90
Haspas, James
75,264
Garcia, Daniela
R
90
-
78,845
Total
89
-
78,845
8,460
waiver
Price, Amanda - Inc.
R
D
89
89
Bergman, Don
56,334
-
56,334
149,995
-
149,995
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
waiver
7,913
waiver
58,392
Beginning
Balance
88
Gwasdacus, Janice
Total
Brehm, Jordan
R
D
87
Callton, Mike - Inc.
88
R
87
Candidate
87
Party
Dist
1,070
1,029
41
3,313
3,313
-
411
-
411
2,266
-
237
$2,030
239
239
-
374,501
1,240
267,764
105,497
1,233
-
1,233
500
-
500
-
-
-
979
-
979
In-kind
Contributions
59,601
56,938
2,663
29,991
29,991
-
60,376
-
60,376
80,265
-
5,385
$74,880
46,395
45,516
879
530,234
4,461
229,701
296,072
71,263
-
71,263
77,852
-
77,852
8,521
-
8,521
91,302
-
91,302
Expenditures
23,824
34
2,908
-
-
11,788
-
-
$63,192
7,459
21
-
19,430
1,187
-
4,001
-
9,453
-
55,725
-
117,086
Account
Balance
-
-
44
-
-
411
-
-
$12,470
350
-
-
-
347,640
2,944
8,841
72,315
80
Debt
687
687
-
-
-
-
848
-
848
161
-
-
$161
-
-
-
186,237
-
11,155
175,082
10,538
-
10,538
7,887
-
7,887
132
-
132
201
-
201
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
7%
9%
29,250
20,319 69%
8,931 31%
22,783
17,371 76%
5,412 24%
33,559
12,634 38%
20,925 62%
33,357
2,974
11,643 35%
18,740 56%
20,688
13,847 67%
6,841 33%
27,374
1,959
12,681 46%
12,734 47%
25,453
5,521 22%
19,932 78%
32,121
10,316 32%
21,805 68%
28,552
5,763 20%
22,789 80%
30,541
10,182 33%
20,359 67%
Votes
-
-
-
9,463
9,463
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$-
-
-
-
10,620
-
-
10,620
68,315
-
68,315
5,570
-
5,570
-
-
-
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
93
85,216
45,675
73,424
$145,884
54,114
1,122,208
155,350
101,262
64,379
209,567
Total
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85,216
82,478
2,738
36,212
36,212
-
73,424
-
73,424
145,884
-
5,622
$140,262
54,114
53,214
900
1,111,588
5,701
528,049
577,837
87,035
-
87,035
95,692
-
95,692
64,379
-
64,379
209,567
-
209,567
Total
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Glenn, Gary
D
98
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Calo, Jay
D
105
105
Cole, Triston
R
105
Total
Coffia, Betsy
D
104
Inman, Larry
R
104
Total
104
103
waiver
-
53
948
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103
Richards, Brad
D
NPA
103
77,177
20,384
56,793
226,791
68,979
157,812
87,574
-
-
87,574
Rendon, Bruce R.
- Inc.
R
103
22,120
17,268
48,345
318,964
171,179
147,785
66,532
5,510
61,022
65,613
-
10,800
-
2,518
-
7,445
361,524
Total
Ruggles, John
D
102
102
Potvin, Phil - Inc.
R
102
Total
Stobie, Tom
D
101
101
Franz, Ray - Inc.
R
101
Total
Balcom, Mark
D
100
100
Bumstead, Jon Inc.
R
Total
100
99
115,539
245,985
-
17,642
Cotter, Kevin - Inc.
R
D
99
99
Mielke, Bryan
390,659
133,260
257,399
78,030
8,667
69,363
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
7,435
-
-
5,860
Beginning
Balance
98
Brausch, Joan
Total
Lightfoot, Mark
R
D
97
Johnson, Joel - Inc.
98
R
97
Candidate
97
Party
Dist
9,482
210
9,272
2,386
1,874
512
2,530
-
-
2,530
233
233
-
305,497
196,260
109,237
-
-
-
523,947
286,696
237,251
18,963
1,455
17,508
4,442
2,742
1,700
In-kind
Contributions
72,337
20,384
51,953
224,609
67,336
157,273
82,401
-
-
82,401
68,228
17,261
50,967
284,244
145,960
138,284
59,267
5,510
53,757
320,895
100,644
220,250
372,099
140,695
231,403
65,784
4,621
61,163
Expenditures
-
4,893
2,591
539
-
-
27,293
7
8,177
25,219
12,019
-
14,711
14,894
43,377
-
25,996
4,046
14,060
Account
Balance
-
-
10,270
-
100,000
-
-
800
-
34,000
-
59,688
-
1,450
-
-
-
20,000
4,438
Debt
5,158
-
5,158
49,220
-
49,220
361
-
-
361
161
-
161
371,467
-
371,467
132
-
132
68,382
1,836
66,546
477
-
477
348
-
348
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
5%
33,772
12,549 37%
21,223 63%
32,711
15,317 47%
17,394 53%
30,512
1,659
10,396 34%
18,457 60%
24,478
9,761 40%
14,717 60%
36,958
18,319 50%
18,639 50%
25,556
9,330 37%
16,226 63%
22,023
10,676 48%
11,347 52%
29,710
13,322 45%
16,388 55%
26,258
9,688 37%
16,570 63%
Votes
27,906
-
27,906
186,386
-
186,386
-
-
-
-
6,867
-
6,867
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
202,583
-
202,583
-
-
-
Primary
Opponents
119,775
465,730
112,585
83,674
998,446
74,109
971,495
620,118
88,680
Total
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91,869
20,594
71,275
279,344
71,800
207,544
112,585
-
-
112,585
76,807
17,501
59,306
998,446
367,439
631,007
74,109
5,510
68,599
971,495
404,071
567,424
417,535
142,150
275,384
88,680
11,409
77,271
Total
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107
$1,010,145
7,775
-
4,326
-
-
$25,624
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
Winners in bold type; “Inc.” = incumbent
Source: Michigan Bureau of Elections
Grand Totals
Total
Dianda, Scott - Inc.
D
110
110
Michaels, Bob
R
110
Total
Kivela, John - Inc.
D
109
Mackin, Pete
R
109
Total
109
108
D
$13,524,180
112,477
112,477
-
26,405
22,795
3,610
170,110
58,619
$111,491
McBroom, Ed - Inc.
Carlson, Grant
R
108
216,233
Total
31,270
Chatfield, Lee
Page, Jim
D
-
184,561
184,963
-
23,980
160,581
Contributions
& Other Receipts
Total
108
107
107
-
28,954
Beginning
Balance
R
Kennedy, Robert
D
106
106
Pettalia, Peter - Inc.
R
106
Candidate
Party
Dist
$4,759,370
290
150
140
100
-
100
7,165
2,060
$5,104
1,678
1,547
131
96,324
12,665
83,659
In-kind
Contributions
$12,674,369
95,761
95,761
-
32,575
29,018
3,557
165,887
57,879
$108,008
202,719
31,270
171,449
181,369
21,153
160,215
Expenditures
24,490
-
4,327
53
740
$29,107
-
13,514
2,827
29,320
Account
Balance
-
-
140
27,500
-
1,500
$174
3,000
69,000
12,365
Debt
$2,324,492
402
402
-
201
-
201
194
-
$194
12,462
76
12,386
26,526
556
25,970
Independent
Expenditures
Vote
%
3,026,344
27,029
16,415 61%
10,614 39%
27,979
18,373 66%
9,606 34%
28,347
11,421 40%
16,926 60%
31,744
12,402 39%
19,342 61%
33,844
15,226 45%
18,618 55%
Votes
$3,672,114
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
$-
410,658
-
410,658
36,752
36,752
-
Primary
Opponents
95
$25,455,251
120,944
31,032
$203,093
641,031
373,117
Total
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120,944
120,804
140
31,032
27,121
3,911
203,093
60,679
$142,414
230,373
32,893
197,480
336,365
37,201
299,164
Total
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APPENDIX H: Top Contributors Winning Michigan House Candidates, 2014 Cycle
Chris Afendoulis (R-House Dist. 73)
Thomas Barrett (R-House Dist. 71)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $97,765; Committees: $18,592
Individuals: $50,639; Committees: $423,610
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$5,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
DeVos family
$4,500
Amerisure PAC / AmeriPAC
$10,000
Chris Afendoulis Cmte (GR Township)
$3,796
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$10,000
Abraham, Debbie and Alan
$2,000
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$10,000
Kennedy, Nancy and John
$2,000
Michigan Republican Party
$10,000
Meijer, Mary Beth and Mark
$2,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$9,500
Nicholas, Georgia and James
$2,000
DeVos Family
$9,000
Slott, Emili and Leonard
$2,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$8,000
Van Kuiken, Norma and Lewis
$2,000
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$7,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,500
MI Values Leadership Fund (Tom Leonard)
$7,000
Mehney, Linda and David
$1,250
Barrett, Thomas
$6,264
Veltman, Donna and Arthur
$1,250
(Rick) Jones Majority Fund
$5,000
Nicholas, Kim and Sam
$1,100
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Brian Banks (D-House Dist. 1)
John Bizon (R-House Dist. 62)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $34,090; Committees: $34,025
Donor
$293,882
Individuals: $117,236; Committees: $170,189
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$7,800
Bizon, John
$67,646
Banks, Brian
$6,835
House Republican Campaign Committee
$61,389
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,050
Michigan Republican Party
$10,000
Detroit Police Officers Assn / DPOA PAC
$4,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$10,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$3,000
(Rob) VerHeulen Leadership Fund
$10,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$9,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
DeVos family
$9,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,400
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$7,500
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$1,250
MI Osteopathic PAC
$6,000
Banks, Joyce and Justin
$1,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$5,500
Fiore, Jennifer and Gaspar
$1,000
MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC
$5,200
Garrett, Michael
$1,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,000
One Tough Nerd PAC (Rick Snyder)
$5,000
Holland, Joseph Jr.
$1,000
Calhoun County Republican Cmte
$4,900
Schear, Lee
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Winnie Brinks (D-House Dist. 76)
Jon Bumstead (R- House Dist. 100)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $57,114; Committees: $580,602
Individuals: $27,760; Committee: $33,162
Donor
MI House Democratic Fund
Amount
$411,552
Donor
Amount
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$4,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$10,100
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$3,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,250
Progressive Women’s Alliance of West MI
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,900
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$10,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,700
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
PAC
$9,400
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
$1,700
(Brandon) Dillon Majority Fund
$8,150
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,400
Teamsters Local 406 PAC
$8,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 2
$1,200
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$7,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,200
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$6,300
Bettis, Lisa and Colby
$1,000
Michigan List
$5,000
Capitol Advocacy Services Group / CASG PAC
$1,000
Service Employees International Union
$5,000
Hines, Larry
$1,000
United Food and Commercial Workers
$5,000
MacDonald, Adam
$1,000
MI Trappers and Predator Callers
$1,000
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$1,000
School Administrators PAC
$1,000
Weller, Harry
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Charles Brunner (D-House Dist. 96)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Individuals: $17,303; Committees: $37,432
Donor
Amount
Wendell Byrd (D-House Dist. 03)
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,150
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,500
Individual: $12,868; Committees: $1,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
Donor
Amount
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,950
Byrd, Wendell
$12,868
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,900
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$500
Banaszak, Mary and Tim
$1,600
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,500
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$250
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$1,500
MI Laborers Political League
$250
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,300
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Laborers Political League
$1,250
Wirt, Dena and Stephen
$1,235
AT&T Michigan PAC
$1,000
Rivette, Sara and Clarence
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Mike Callton (R-House Dist. 87)
Stephanie Chang (D-House Dist. 06)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $30,494; Committees: $120,380
Individuals: $104,307; Committees: $12,175
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$7,000
Chang, Sarolina and Lien
$2,000
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$6,000
Inspire Michigan PAC
$1,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$6,000
Lu, Janny
$1,348
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$4,750
Ullah, Waseem and Nadeem
$1,250
Flagstar PAC
$4,500
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,200
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$4,500
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,500
Bohnett, David
$1,000
MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC
$4,000
Chen, Lee-Tzong
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$4,000
Chiu, Mei-Chih Peggy
$1,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,855
Chu, Eric
$1,000
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$3,500
Cosma-King, Dessa and Ryan
$1,000
Giles, Johnnie
$1,000
Gray-Myles, Teva
$1,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,000
Myles, Carl
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Edward Canfield (R-House Dist. 84)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $70,819; Committees: $66,544
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
Canfield, Cheryl and Edward
$24,721
Lee Chatfield (R-House Dist. 107)
DeVos family
$9,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$7,500
Individuals: $158,074; Committees: $27,050
MI Osteopathic PAC
$6,293
Donor
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$5,500
Chatfield, Lee
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$7,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$5,000
Bradstreet, Barbara and Kenneth
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,500
Dowd, Kimberly and Patrick
$2,000
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$2,500
Friske, Wendy and Richard
$2,000
Huron County Republican Cmte
$2,500
Manthei, Kathy and Daniel
$2,000
Physician Assistants of MI/ PAM PAC
$2,500
Manthei, Marlys and Jim
$2,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Rubingh, Gertrude and Marvin
$2,000
Ryan, Donna and Ed
$2,000
Taylor, Carol and John
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Amount
$69,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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John Chirkun (D-House Dist. 22)
Triston Cole (R-House Dist. 105)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $14,720; Committees: $22,631
Individuals: $43,180; Committees: $22,484
Donor
Amount
CTE John Chirkun Mayor (Roseville)
$6,600
Cole, Triston
$10,170
Harold L Haugh Leadership Fund
$2,270
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$5,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,000
Antrim County Republican Cmte
$2,500
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$1,500
Friski, Wendy and Richard
$2,000
Morier, Dennis
$1,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,000
LaLone, Julie and Ryan
$1,500
Donor
Amount
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$750
MI 1st Congressional District Republican Cmte
$1,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$750
Bradstreet, Barbara and Ken
$1,325
Rizzo Environmental Services PAC
$700
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$611
Beebe, Patricia and Ronald
$1,000
Johnson, Kevin
$1,000
Kitchen, Shari and William
$1,000
Rubingh, Marvin
$1,000
(Jim) Stamas Leadership PAC
$1,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Paul Clemente (D-House Dist. 14)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $1,075; Committees: $29,260
Donor
Amount
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$4,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,260
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,700
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,550
Marathon Petroleum Corp PAC
$1,500
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,250
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$800
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Tom Cochran (D-House Dist. 67)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $26,529; Committees: $85,710
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$10,000
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW COPE
$7,300
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$7,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,720
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$3,600
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,950
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$2,500
MI Professional Fire Fighters PAC
$2,100
Ingham County Democratic Executive Cmte
$2,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$1,900
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Kevin Cotter (R-House Dist. 99)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $99,125; Committees: $384,111
Donor
Amount
House Republican Campaign Committee
$237,251
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$8,000
Meijer PAC
$7,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,950
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,700
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,250
Frankenmuth PAC
$5,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 2
$3,900
Midland County Republican Cmte
$3,500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,250
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Todd Courser (R-House Dist. 82)
Laura Cox (R-House Dist. 19)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $55,846; Committees: $2,250
Individuals: $42,320; Committees: $37,800
Donor
Amount
Donor
Courser, Todd
$38,941
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
Amount
$6,500
O’Halloran, Cindy and Phillip
$1,700
Cotton Family
$2,500
Cline, Joshua
$1,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,500
Graham, Benjamin
$1,000
Wayne 11th Republican Congressional Cmte
$2,500
Robertson, Kevin
$1,000
Bullock, Julie and Charles
$2,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Martin, Terry
$800
ROY PAC (Roy Schmidt)
$2,000
Boerman, Bridget
$750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,500
Bracy, Donald
$500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,500
Cichon, Carlia
$500
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$1,500
Hale, Robert
$500
Dardas, Renee and Charles
$1,250
Henning, Dyle
$500
Source: MI Bureau of E;lections
Marchesano, Tom
$500
MI Assn. of Home Builders / Friends of Housing
$500
Kathy Crawford (R-House Dist. 38)
Owen, Randy
$500
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
The Right Focus
$500
Individuals: $31,620; Committees: $29,100
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$9,000
Oakland Leadership Fund (Hugh Crawford)
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$2,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,500
Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers PAC
$1,250
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,000
Cassell, Martha
$1,000
Crawford, Kathy
$1,000
Gust, Erin and Steven
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
Rinke, Kevin
$1,000
Ross, Elizabeth and Sydney
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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George Darany (D-House Dist. 15)
Brandon Dillon (D-House Dist. 75)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $16,855; Committees: $40,011
Individuals: $20,586; Committees: $68,307
Donor
Donor
Amount
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
Amount
$3,846
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,750
Teamsters Local 406 PAC
$3,500
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$2,750
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$3,250
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,650
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,000
Dearborn Fire Fighters PAC
$1,500
$1,500
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$2,700
DTE Energy Co. PAC
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,500
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$1,350
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,382
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,150
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,375
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$1,150
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,150
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,750
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,750
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,400
Scott Dianda (D-House Dist. 110)
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Gretchen Driskell (D-House Dist. 52)
Individuals: $30,825; Committees: $81,802
Donor
Amount
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$9,500
Individuals: $94,390; Committees: $69,000
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$6,950
Donor
$6,627
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$6,800
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$5,000
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$5,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$4,050
Michigan List
$5,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$2,500
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$3,650
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$2,150
MI Women Win PAC (Marcia Hovey-Wright)
$3,500
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$2,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,000
Western Washtenaw Democrats
$3,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$2,500
MI Laborers Political League
$2,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$2,500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,450
McClure, Cate and Douglas
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureaau of Elections
Amount
Source: MI Bueau of Elections
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Fred Durhal (D-House Dist. 5)
Jeff Farrington (R-House Dist 30)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $10,950; Committees: $14,850
Individuals: $18,866; Committees: $170,345
Donor
Donor
Amount
Detroit Police Officers Assn / DPOA PAC
Amount
$5,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$43,470
Durhal, Frederick
$4,700
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$10,000
AFSCME Independent PAC
$1,000
DeVos family
$9,000
Johnson, Eileen
$1,000
Meijer PAC
$6,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$6,000
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$6,000
Dargin, Errol
$950
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,600
Amerisure PAC / AmeriPAC
$500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,500
Audish, Steve
$500
MI Altria Group Inc PAC
$4,000
Bowe, Vernon
$500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$3,500
Cole, Karla
$500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,250
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$500
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$3,200
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MacDonald, Adam
$500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$500
Anthony Forlini (R-House Dist. 24)
MI Corrections Org PAC
$500
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$500
Individuals: $49,586; Committees: $56,868
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$500
Donor
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,718
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$500
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$2,500
Cotton family
$2,500
Meijer PAC
$2,500
Ciraulo, Sheri and Vincenzo
$2,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Pam Faris (D-House Dist. 48)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $5,185; Committees: $19,051
Amount
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$2,000
Donor
Amount
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,650
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Lore, Giuseppina and Salvatore
$1,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,151
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Laborers Political League
$750
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$750
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$650
MI McDonalds Operators PAC
$650
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$550
Alderholdt, Elizabeth
$500
AT&T Michigan PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Ray Franz (R-House Dist. 101)
Daniela Garcia (R-House Dist. 90)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $51,325; Committees: $204,731
Individuals: $54,785; Committees: $21,712
Donor
House Republican Campaign Committee
Amount
$102,061
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$9,000
Franz, Ray
$7,076
Garcia, Daniela
$3,294
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,175
Prince, Gina and Scott
$2,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,150
Vreeman, Amy and Timothy
$1,200
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$4,000
DeWitt, Jack
$1,000
MI Values Leadership Fund (Tom Leonard)
$4,000
Essenburg, Jacob
$1,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,500
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,500
Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West
Michigan
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,750
Haworth, Matthew
$1,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$2,250
Heacock, Brenda
$1,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$2,250
Julius, Terene
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Lopez Garcia, Yolanda
$1,000
Meijer PAC
$1,000
Cindy Gamrat (R-House Dist. 80)
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$1,000
Individuals: $51,845; Committees: $12,872
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
Prince, Katlyn
$1,000
$1,000
Donor
Amount
Gamrat, Cindy and Joe
$8,184
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$5,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Bauer, Kim and John
$2,000
School Administrators PAC
$1,000
Harper, Sheila and Richard
$2,000
Secchia, Joan and Peter
$1,000
Vandebunte, Barbara and David
$1,999
Swan, Michael
$1,000
Geurink, Andrew
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Geurink, Robert
$1,000
Haworth, Matthew
$1,000
LaTanya Garrett (D-House Dist. 7)
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Robertson, Kevin
$1,000
Individuals: $6,380; Committees: $5,400
Vandebunte, David
$1,000
Donor
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$3,500
$1,000
Durr, Andre
$1,000
Yob, John
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Amount
Reynolds-Garrett, Pam
$985
Files, Esther
$860
Garrett, Ruth
$818
Currie, Iris
$660
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$500
Pye, Ozzi
$400
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D-House Dist. 8)
Erika Geiss (D-House Dist. 12)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $24,017; Committees: $17,850
Individuals: $25,937; Committees: $17,803
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$7,500
Geiss, Erika
$10,491
Detroit Police Officers Ass/DPOA PAC
$5,000
Hennessey, Joan and John
$2,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,500
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,950
Gay-Dagnogo, Sherry
$1,325
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,500
Bruhn, Marsha
$1,000
Geiss Leadership Fund
$1,200
Glen, Marvella
$1,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,150
Mathis, Gregory
$1,000
(Tim) Melton for Michigan
$1,000
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,000
Nafso, Amir
$1,000
Democratic Club of Taylor Women’s Auxillary
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Ben Glardon (R-House Dist. 85)
Gary Glenn (R-House Dist. 98)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $44,327; Committees: $340,895
Individuals: $235,184; Committees: $39,654
Donor
House Republican Campaign Committee
Amount
$182,720
$943
Donor
Amount
Glenn, Gary
$63,670
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$10,000
Midland County Republican Cmte
$6,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$10,000
4th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
$5,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$10,000
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$5,000
$2,100
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$8,750
Galic, Mary Ann and George
Meijer PAC
$7,500
Beebe, Gaye and Ronald
$2,040
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$6,250
Duperon, Leslie and Terry
$2,000
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$5,500
Henderson, Janet and Bruce
$2,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$5,500
Hetzer, Lori and Greg
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,000
Johnston, Bonita and Lee
$2,000
(Michael) McCready for MI Leadership Fund
$5,000
Lauless, Julia and Robert
$2,000
One Tough Nerd PAC (Rick Snyder)
$5,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Small Business Assn of MI PAC
$5,000
NFIB Safe Trust
$2,000
4th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
$4,000
Paul, Kimberly and Michael
$2,000
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John Walsh)
$3,250
Russell, Shirley and David
$2,000
Schuelke, Virginia and Lawrence
$2,000
State Employee Rights Campaign Cmte
$2,000
Swatzel, Susie and Tom
$2,000
Van Dyke, Elaine and Earle
$2,000
Vande Bunte, Barbara and David
$2,000
Weidman, Molly and Bill
$2,000
Moore, Barbara and Eugene
$1,993
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Ken Goike (R-House Dist. 33)
Christine Greig (D-House Dist. 37)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $5,730; Committees: $18,923
Individuals: $103,808; Committees: $23,990
Donor
Donor
Amount
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
Amount
$3,500
Greig, Christine and Robert
$51,636
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,513
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$5,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,350
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
MI Septic Tank Assn PAC
$1,290
Corkery, Margareth and Michael
$1,523
MI Laborers Political League
$1,250
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Greig, Alexander
$1,120
MI Trucking Assn PAC
$750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$575
Farmington Democratic Club
$1,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$575
Jeffirs, Michael
$1,000
Chamberlain, Keith
$500
Levin for Congress
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$500
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$1,000
MI Aggregates Assn PAC
$500
Wallach, Howard
$1,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Joseph Graves (R-House Dist. 51)
Individuals: $19,855; Committees: $71,387
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Donor
Individuals: $46,455; Committees: $75,550
Donor
Tim Greimel (D-House Dist. 29)
Amount
Amount
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$9,000
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$5,500
DeVos family
$9,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$4,750
Graves, Joseph
$5,700
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$4,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,350
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,500
Meijer PAC
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,437
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$4,050
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$3,500
MI Altria Group Inc PAC
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,575
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$2,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,450
Stephens, Sun and Charles
$2,000
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$2,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Koegel, Barbara and Albert
$2,000
Serra, Julie and Joseph
$2,000
Witt, Theresa and Michael
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Election
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Vanessa Guerra (D-House Dist. 95)
Jon Hoadley (D-House Dist. 60)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $15,112; Committees: $21,100
Individuals: $139,672; Committees: $40,688
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Laborers Political League
$2,500
Hoadley, Jon
$6,976
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Guerra, Vanessa
$1,396
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund
$3,500
Michigan List
$1,250
MI Nurses Assn PAC
$3,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$1,100
Equality MI Pride PAC
$2,850
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$2,500
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW
COPE
$1,000
Inspire Michigan
$2,000
Larimore, Ann
$1,000
Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality PAC
$2,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$1,000
Launch Progress
$2,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,000
Michigan State AFL-CIO COPE
$2,000
Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 85 PAC
$1,000
Saginaw Area Democratic Club
$1,000
United Food & Commercial Workers PAC
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Tom Hooker (R-House Dist. 77)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $3,000; Committees: $12,750
Donor
Kurt Heise (R-House Dist. 20)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $149,266; Committees: $33,100
Donor
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Amount
Heise, Catherine and Kurt
$107,105
Weast, Gayle and Norman
$2,196
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,700
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,550
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Ferrantino, Kellie and Michael
$1,250
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$1,200
MI Emergency Doctors PAC
$1,200
Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers PAC
$1,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,000
Hartman, Bernard
$1,000
Mannik & Smith Group PAC
$1,000
Tyner, Herbert
$1,000
Van Esley, Joe
$1,000
Wayne Co. 11th Congressional Dist Cmte
$1,000
Amount
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$1,150
Haworth, Matthew
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$650
MI McDonalds Operators PAC
$650
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$600
MI Dental Assn. / Dental PAC
$550
Friends of Spectrum Health
$500
Granger, Gary
$500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$500
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Marcia Hovey-Wright (D-House Dist. 92)
Holly Hughes (R-House Dist. 91)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $16,959; Committees: $20,534
Individuals: $199,663; Committees: $187,672
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Teamsters Local 406 PAC
$1,500
Hughes, Holly
$131,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,309
House Republican Campaign Committee
$105,497
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,100
Michigan Republican Party
$10,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$1,050
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
$10,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$900
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$850
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$800
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$650
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$550
Brown, Linda
$500
Delello, Barbara
$500
Friends of Spectrum Health
$500
Progressive Women’s Alliance of West MI
$500
Smith, Vance
$500
West MI Plumbers, Fitters & Serv. Trades PAC
$500
Wright, William
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
$9,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$9,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$8,000
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$7,750
(Ken) Yonker Leadership Fund
$6,500
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Friends of GOP
$2,500
Bolema, Karen and Bern
$2,000
Byker, Susan and Gaylen
$2,000
Hines, Lari and Larry
$2,000
Jandernoa, Susan and Michael
$2,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$2,000
Workman, Kathleen and John
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Martin Howrylak (R-House Dist. 41)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Brandt Iden (R-House Dist. 61)
Individuals: $71,093; Committees: $137,188
Donor
Amount
House Republican Campaign Committee
$69,778
Howrylak, Martin
$12,613
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$10,000
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$6,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,375
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,325
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Gail Haines Leadership Fund
$2,500
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$2,000
Meador, Margaret and David
$2,000
MI Values Leadership Fund (Tom Leonard)
$2,000
Oakland County Republican Cmte
$2,000
Roberts, Loretta and Terrence
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
DeVos family
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $63,614; Committees: $256,378
Donor
Amount
House Republican Campaign Committee
Michigan Republican Party
$161,147
$10,000
DeVos family
$9,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$9,000
Iden, Brandt
$8,601
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$8,500
CTE Brandt Iden (Kalamazoo Co.)
$6,839
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$6,500
COMM-PAC
$5,000
One Tough Nerd PAC (Rick Snyder)
$5,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$5,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$4,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$3,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,750
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Larry Inman (R-House Dist. 104)
Jeff Irwin (D-House Dist. 53)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $137,112; Committees: $20,956
Individuals: $27,501; Committees: $19,250
Donor
Inman, Larry
Amount
$105,662
Donor
Amount
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,000
CTE Larry Inman (Grand Traverse Co.)
$6,080
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
Behler, Amy and Michael
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
Cooke, Jeri and Christopher
$2,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$1,500
McCririe, Lisa and Robert
$2,000
Irwin, Mitch
$1,000
Amos, Karen and John
$1,900
Larimore, Ann
$1,000
Lundy, Lisa and James
$1,600
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$1,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$1,500
Moody, Nancy and Nolan
$1,000
Amos, Zach
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Ascione, Edward
$1,000
Williams, Cynthia
$1,000
Ascione, Michael
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,000
Bradford Jacobsen (R-House Dist. 46)
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,000
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Fultz, Charles
$1,000
Individuals: $22,145; Committees: $81,737
Kelley, David
$1,000
Donor
Lundy, Kyra
$1,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,096
Lundy, Theresa
$1,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,050
McGuire, Timothy
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,150
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$1,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,900
Mowczan, Alex
$1,000
$2,500
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
Leadership Under New Direction Fund (Peter
Lund)
Meijer PAC
$2,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,350
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$2,200
Auger, Jarilyn and Stephen
$2,141
AT&T Michigan PAC
$2,100
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,100
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Amount
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Nancy Jenkins (R-House Dist. 57)
Joel Jonson (R-House Dist. 97)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $39,836; Committees: $60,274
Individuals: $18,195; Committees: $51,965
Donors
Amount
Donor
Amount
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$9,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$5,000
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$5,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$3,450
Meijer PAC
$5,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,450
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,550
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,250
Flagstar PAC
$1,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,700
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,700
MI Pork PAC
$1,400
Jenkins, Nancy
$2,512
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,300
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$2,500
MI GreenStone PAC
$1,250
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,200
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,200
White, Celeste and William
$2,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,200
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,150
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Tim Kelly (R-House Dist. 94)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $15,624; Committees: $44,434
Donor
Amount
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,750
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,050
Flagstar PAC
$1,900
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,800
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$1,500
MI McDonald’s Operators PAC
$1,250
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,200
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,150
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Klint Kesto (R-House Dist. 39)
John Kivela (D-House Dist. 109)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $132,115; Committees: $316,810
Individuals: $6,095; Committees: $16,700
Donor
House Republican Campaign Committee
Amount
$136,932
Donor
Amount
MI Energy PAC
$1,550
Michigan Republican Party
$20,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,150
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John Walsh)
$10,500
MI Aggregates Assn
$1,000
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$10,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$1,000
Meijer PAC
$10,000
Oswald, Dean
$1,000
DeVos family
$9,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$650
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$6,500
SEMCO Energy PAC
$650
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,150
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$550
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,100
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$550
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
Cleveland-Cliffs PAC
$500
Small Business Assn of MI
$5,000
Friends of Northern Michigan Univ. PAC
$500
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$5,000
MI Corrections Org PAC
$500
Cotton family
$4,750
MI McDonald’s Operators PAC
$500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,300
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$500
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$3,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
(Jeff) Farrington Leadership Fund
$3,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$3,000
Robert Kosowski (D-House Dist. 16)
Oakland County Republican Cmte
$3,000
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$3,000
Individuals: $7,350; Committees: $25,917
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$3,000
Donor
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,078
$2,500
Kosowski, Robert
$2,500
Westland Fire Fighters PAC
$1,800
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,350
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,025
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$1,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,000
Westland Police Officers Assn PAC
$1,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
Amount
$875
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Andrea LaFontaine (R-House Dist. 32)
Daniel Lauwers (R-House Dist. 81)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $13,930; Committees: $47,704
Individuals: $29,362; Committees: $54,566
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$8,100
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$5,801
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$3,175
Lauwers, Daniel
$5,521
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,700
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,425
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,350
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$2,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,302
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$1,500
Moroun family
$2,000
Clark Hill PAC
$1,000
SEMCO Energy PAC
$1,951
Friends of Farmers Insurance PAC
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,650
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$1,000
ITC Holdings Corp. PAC-MI
$1,650
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Boating PAC
$1,000
MI Licensed Beverage Assn. PAC
$1,000
Individuals: $22,132; Committees: $31,100
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
Donor
Amount
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$1,000
LaVoy, Bill
$18,262
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Marilyn Lane (D-House Dist. 31)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $23,630; Committees: $60,737
Donor
Amount
Bill LaVoy (D-House Dist. 17)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,800
MI House Democratic Fund
$2,500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,800
MI Laborers Political League
$1,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,300
(Marilyn) Lane PAC
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,200
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$4,500
MHSA PAC
$1,050
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,000
LaVoy, William
$1,000
D’Alessandro, Christina and Olindo
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Laborers Political League
$2,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,250
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$2,250
D’Alessandro, Grace and Gary
$2,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,000
$900
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Tom Leonard (R-House Dist. 93)
Frank Liberati (D-House Dist. 13)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $47,424; Committees: $69,475
Individuals: $13,359; Committees: $2,100
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,500
Liberati, Frank
$4,664
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,015
Babbage, Frances and David
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$2,750
Liberati, Rose
$500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,650
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$500
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,350
Smith, Virgil
$500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,250
Lamerato, David
$300
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,250
AT&T Michigan PAC
$250
Bancroft, Andrea and Troy
$2,000
MI Laborers Political League
$250
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,950
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Leslie Love (D-House Dist. 10)
Eric Leutheuser (R-House Dist. 58)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $9,055; Committees: $3,350
Individuals: $40,491; Committees: $15,014
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
Leutheuser, Eric
$10,000
Stancill, Shirley
$1,000
Alexandrowski, Murial and Joe
$2,000
Love, Leslie
$906
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$500
Leutheuser, Bonnie and Kurt
$2,000
Chenault-Hood, Dopris
$500
Leutheuser, Janice and Frederic
$2,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$500
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$2,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$500
Arnn, Larry
$1,000
Monroe, Willie
$399
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$1,000
Brice, Marcellus
$300
Leutheuser, Eleanor
$1,000
Concerned Assn of Patients and Providers
$250
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$250
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$1,000
Levin, Joseph
$250
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
MI Laborers Political League
$250
Smith, Patty and John
$1,000
Ramsey, Hattie
$250
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Peter Lucido (R-House Dist. 36)
David Maturen (R-House Dist. 63)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $325,182; Committees: $18,034
Individuals: $47,042; Committees: $35,157
Donor
Lucido, Peter
Amount
$186,000
Donor
Amount
Maturen, David
$25,000
Carollo, Cory and Michael
$2,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$9,000
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$2,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
Razzak, Donna and Adnar
$2,000
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$2,500
Klieman, Jennifer and Michael
$1,560
Becker, Janice and David
$2,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,500
COMM-PAC
$2,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Haas, Beverly and Jim
$2,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$1,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Puzzuoli, Laura and James
$1,500
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,500
Gallo, Tina and Tony
$1,390
Calhoun Co. Republican Cmte.
$1,000
Corey, Lisa and Louis
$1,350
Kalamazoo Anesthesiology Safe MI Fund
$1,000
Piccinini, Sara and Ned
$1,330
Kittredge, Robert II
$1,000
Fakhoury, Rita and Walid
$1,300
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$1,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R-House Dist. 86)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Ed McBroom (R-House Dist 108)
Individuals: $26,442; Committees: $80,600
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Donor
Amount
Individuals: $48,128; Committees: $68,022
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$20,000
Donor
Amount
$9,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,850
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,500
Meijer PAC
$5,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,200
DeVos family
$4,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,000
McBroom, Edward
$4,079
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,500
Wisconsin Electric PAC
$4,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,500
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$3,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$2,100
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,750
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,350
Dykema Gossett State PAC
$1,500
Johnson, Patricia and David
$2,000
Flagstar PAC
$1,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,700
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos Family)
$1,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,550
Huntington Natl Bank MI PAC
$1,500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$1,500
Williams, Sue and James
$1,500
Michigan Energy PAC
$1,496
DeVos family
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Mike McCready (R-House Dist. 40)
Aaron Miller (R-House Dist. 59)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $39,919; Committees: $49,705
Individuals: $23,775; Committees: $7,500
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$6,175
Miller, Alexandria and Aaron
$5,360
McCready, Mike
$4,781
Schwartz, Samantha and Devin
$2,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,350
St. Joseph Co. Republican Cmte.
$2,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$3,250
Ware, Kathryn and James
$2,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,500
Mathews, Sarah and David
$1,500
MI State Police Troopers PAC
$2,500
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$1,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,000
Tullos, Joe
$1,000
Schwartz, Mary and Joseph
$2,000
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
Clark Hill PAC
$1,500
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$1,000
MHSA PAC
$1,500
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,500
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Derek Miller (D-House Dist. 28)
Jeremy Moss (D-House Dist. 35)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $65,402; Committees: $27,150
Donor
Individuals: $42,583; Committees: $18,650
Amount
Donor
Amount
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,500
Moss, Jeremy
$5,700
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,500
Gay and Lesbian Victory Cmte
$3,500
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$2,300
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,000
Moss, Elayne and Barry
$1,300
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$1,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,200
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,250
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
Pollard, Cheryl and Justin
$1,025
Citron, Chris and Marc
$1,000
Abdo, Cy
$1,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,000
Fraser, Stuart IV
$1,000
Gill, Tim
$1,000
Johnson, Stuart
$1,000
Jonna, Jordan and Arkan
$1,000
Karoub, Alice
$1,000
Moss, Herman
$1,000
Levin fo Congress
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Macomb Crimefighters PAC
$1,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,000
Putrycus, David
$1,000
Seikaly, Bill
$1,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Sinutko, Nancy
$1,000
Yarema, James
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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APPENDIX H: Top Contributors Winning Michigan House Candidates, 2014 Cycle (continued)
Paul Muxlow (R-House Dist. 83)
Aric Nesbitt (R-House Dist. 66)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $35,691; Committees: $42,255
Individuals: $78,567; Committees: $171,110
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Muxlow, Paul
$21,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$12,000
Gail Haines Leadership Fund
$5,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$10,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$5,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$10,000
(Ken) Yonker Leadership Fund
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$10,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,000
Michigan Republican Party
$10,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$2,000
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$10,000
School Administrators PAC
$1,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$9,400
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,350
Telecommunications Assn of MI / Tele PAC
$6,500
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$1,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,335
Moroun, M.J.
$1,000
DeVos family
$4,500
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$1,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$3,600
Oakland Educators PAC
$1,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$3,500
Richert, Joeletta and Joseph
$1,000
ITC Holdings Corp. PAC-MI
$3,150
Sanilac Co. Republican Cmte.
$1,000
SEMCO Energy PAC
$3,000
Schostak Family PAC
$1,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,650
COMM-PAC
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Election
Sheldon Neeley (D-House Dist. 34)
Rick Outman (R-House Dist. 70)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $18,965; Committees: $16,740
Donor
Amount
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $8,180; Committees: $47,458
Neeley, Sheldon
$6,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$5,000
Montcalm Co. Republican Cmte.
$5,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$2,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,750
Donor
Amount
Preketes, Frank
$850
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,507
Genesee Landlords Assn PAC
$790
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$2,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,400
Edwards, Clyde Jr.
$500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,000
Harris, Michael
$500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,950
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,650
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,250
Miedema, Scott
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Monk, Christine
$500
Neeley, Marva
$500
Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Kristy Pagan (D-House Dist. 21)
Peter Pettalia (R-House Dist. 106)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $120,577; Committees: $77,815
Individuals: $65,377; Committees: $178,232
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Pagan, Kristy
$23,195
House Republican Campaign Committee
$81,947
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$10,000
Pettalia, Peter
$20,200
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$10,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$9,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$6,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$6,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$5,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,350
SEIU Healthcare MI Local PAC
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$4,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$5,000
Launch Progress PAC
$3,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$2,500
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$4,250
Michigan State AFL-CIO COPE
$2,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,250
(Sam) Singh for Michigan
$2,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,050
Kumar, Marjorie and Anil
$2,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,000
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$1,700
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$2,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$1,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Phil Phelps (D-House Dist. 49)
Dave Pagel (R-House Dist. 78)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $36,653; Committees: $52,084
Individuals: $5,592; Committees: $31,250
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Phelps, Phil
$16,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$3,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,400
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,300
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,250
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,150
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,150
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$2,000
Saginaw Area Democratic Club
$3,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,523
Apartment Assn of MI PAC
$1,300
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,000
Adams Michigan PAC
$1,000
MI Laborers Political League
$1,500
Centerpoint PAC (Raleigh Studios)
$1,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
Haworth, Jennifer and Matthew
$1,000
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$1,000
Jandernoa, Michael
$1,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$1,000
Mathews, David
$1,000
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Julie Plawecki (D_House Dist. 11)
Phil Potvin (R-House Dist. 102)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $39,180; Committees: $2,650
Individuals: $20,043; Committees: $27,562
Donor
Amount
Donor
Plawecki, Julie
$10,000
Potvin, Philip
Amount
$4,500
Bullock, Julie and Charles
$2,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,375
Elliott, Eric
$1,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,250
Alawamleh, Ashraf
$500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,625
Bitar, Daniel
$500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,600
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$500
Huckle, Diane and James
$1,500
Charara, Ali
$500
Friends of Ferris
$1,275
Cooke, Molly Ann
$500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,125
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$500
Haworth, Matthew
$1,000
El Hagesleiman, Sahar
$500
Jandernoa, Michael
$1,000
Evans, Matthew
$500
Potvin, Mariette
$1,000
Fadlallah, Mona
$500
SF Properties LLC PAC (Schostak Family PAC)
$1,000
George, Bonnie
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Haidar, Mark
$500
Hunt, Loda
$500
Amanda Price (R-House Dist. 89)
Jamison, Robert
$500
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Kirk, Robert
$500
Individuals: $21,895; Committees: $56,675
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$500
Donor
Amount
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$500
Meijer PAC
$6,000
Pawloski, Kathleen
$500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
Susskind, Judy
$500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,750
Syron, John
$500
Apartment Assn of MI PAC
$2,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$2,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,850
Earl Poleski (R-House Dist. 64)
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$1,725
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
SEMCO Energy PAC
$1,650
Individuals: $50,800; Committees: $35,270
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Donor
Lisowicz, Karen and Christopher
$1,250
$4,500
MHSA PAC
$1,200
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$2,600
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$3,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,150
Jones, Marvel and Ron
$2,000
Poleski, June and Earl Jr.
$2,000
Poleski, Candice and Earl
$1,978
Friends of Spectrum Health
$1,500
Tech, Paula and Kurt
$1,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,250
Source: MI Bureau of Election
Jackson Co. Republican Cmte.
Amount
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Al Pscholka (R-House Dist. 79)
Sarah Roberts (D-House Dist. 18)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $63,685; Committees: $101,142
Individuals: $21,840; Committees: $38,970
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
DeVos family
$9,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$3,450
JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC
$5,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$3,250
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,200
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$4,200
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,850
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,987
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,700
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,500
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$1,500
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,400
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$1,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,500
United Food & Commercial Workers PAC
$1,500
Meijer PAC
$2,500
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,400
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$2,400
Larimore, Ann
$1,250
Value Health Partners PAC
$2,250
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,200
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$2,000
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$1,200
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,000
MI McDonalds Operators PAC
$2,000
Brett Roberts (R-House Dist. 65)
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $79,678; Committees: $54,499
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Bruce Rendon (R-House Dist. 102)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $42,004; Committees: $48,100
Donor
Amount
Meijer PAC
$3,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,750
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,650
Kumar, Ruby and Vijay
$2,000
Searfoss, Marlene and Tim
$2,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,850
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,700
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,500
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$1,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
Roberts, Brett
$65,203
House Republican Campaign Committee
$13,049
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,750
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$3,500
Jackson Co. Republican Cmte.
$3,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$3,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,800
Jackson Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,500
Roberts, Sue and David
$2,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$2,000
MI Values Leadership Fund (Tom Leonard)
$1,800
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Rose Mary Robinson (D-House Dist. 4)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individual: $7,430; Committees: $2,750
Donor
Amount
Robinson, Rose Mary
$7,430
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,500
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan
$250
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Jim Runestad (R-House Dist. 44)
Harvey Santana (D-House Dist. 9)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $79,301; Committees: $18,815
Individuals: $12,900; Committees: $19,222
Donor
Runestad, James
Amout
$58,261
Donor
Amount
Moroun family
$4,000
Oakland Co. Republican Cmte.
$3,000
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$1,500
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$2,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,250
Moroun, Lidsay and Matthew
$2,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Dykema Gossett State PAC
$1,000
Prosser, Tessie and John
$1,100
(Tim) Melton for Michigan
$1,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$1,000
Gillet, Rosemary and Michael
$1,000
Remington, Peter
$1,000
Lievois, Maxine and Daniel
$1,000
Wortz, William
$1,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$1,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
Runestad, Richard
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Sauer, Matthew
$1,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
Andy Schor (D-House Dist. 68)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Individuals: $22,950; Committees: $60,870
David Rutledge (D-House Dist. 54)
Donor
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $1,605; Committees: $34,975
Donor
$982
Amount
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,250
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$2,200
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,550
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$2,150
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$2,750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,750
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,750
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,700
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$1,750
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,550
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,500
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,250
Schor, Linda and Irwin
$1,500
Comerica Inc. PAC
$1,000
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
$1,300
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$1,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$1,300
AT&T Michigan PAC
$750
MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC
$750
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$750
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$750
MI Professional Firefighters Union PAC
$750
MI Orthopaedic Society PAC
$750
Source: MI Bueau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Jason Sheppard (R-House Dist. 56)
Charles Smiley (D-House Dist. 50)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $43,575; Committees: $275,575
Individuals: $7,370; Committees: $23,364
Donor
Amount
House Republican Campaign Committee
$198,175
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$6,500
$10,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,150
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,740
DeVos family
$9,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,350
One Tough Nerd PAC (Rick Snyder)
$5,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,250
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,000
Aderholdt, Elizabeth
$1,000
(Jason) Sheppard Leadership Fund
$5,000
Kommareddi, Jayashere
$1,000
(Ken) Yonker Leadership Fund
$4,500
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$1,000
Monroe Co. Republican Cmte.
$4,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$3,500
Serra, Joe
$1,000
Small Business Assn of MI
$3,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$2,500
Sheppard, Jason
$2,500
Pat Somerville (R-House Dist. 23)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Individuals: $81,582; Committees: $217,835
Sam Singh (D-House Dist. 69)
Donor
Amount
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
House Republican Campaign Committee
Individuals: $28,224; Committees: $67,900
Somerville, Pat
$17,975
$10,000
$123,275
Donor
Amount
Michigan Republican Party
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$10,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$5,500
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$5,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$5,350
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC
$3,000
DeVos family
$4,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,300
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,250
(Pat) Somerville Leadership Fund
$4,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,200
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,300
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,850
12th Congressional Dist. Republican Cmte.
$3,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,600
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,800
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
$1,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$2,800
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,750
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,500
Flagstar PAC
$2,650
Singh, Sam
$1,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Jim Tedder (R-House Dist. 43)
Alberta Tinsley Talabi (D-House Dist. 2)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $65,227; Committees: $70,720
Individuals: $10,725; Committees: $16,575
Donor
Amount
Donor
Tedder, Nancy and Jim
$31,618
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
Amount
$4,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$29,995
Moroun family
$3,000
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$5,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$2,500
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$3,500
Detroit Police Officers Assn/DPOA PAC
$1,500
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$3,500
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$1,250
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,200
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$3,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,200
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John Walsh)
$2,500
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$1,200
Moroun, Matthew and Lindsay
$2,000
Fiore, Gaspar
$1,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$2,000
Hussein, Louat
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Tinsley, Vivian
$1,000
MI Values Leadership Fund (Tom Leonard)
$1,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Lana Theiss (R-House Dist. 42)
Jim Townsend (D-House Dist. 26)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $78,761; Committees: $28,453
Individuals: $28,435; Committees: $41,874
Donor
Amount
Donor
Theis, Lana
$40,000
Amount
(Jim) Townsend Leadership Fund
$5,000
Amerisure PAC / AmeriPAC
$9,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,250
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$2,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,749
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$2,500
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,000
Moroun, Lindsay and Matthew
$2,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$2,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$2,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,750
Corrigan, Julie and Mike
$1,796
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,500
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,500
Meritor PAC
$1,500
Kamal, Mary and Mounir
$1,450
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$1,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
$1,250
Panning, Jennifer and Scott
$1,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$1,250
Parker, Robert
$1,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$1,250
Stockwell, Chuck
$1,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,100
Tiemann, Sharon
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,100
Weiser, Ronald
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Henry Vaupel (R-House Dist 47)
Roger Victory (R-House Dist. 88)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $91,920; Committees: $36,872
Individuals: $42,534; Committees: $14,800
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Vaupel, Henry
$71,983
Victory, Roger
$40,000
MI Veterinary Assn PAC/ Vet PAC
$10,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$2,000
Joe Hune Leadership Fund
$5,300
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$5,000
MI McDonalds Operators PAC
$1,500
Hughes, Elaine and Darrell
$2,000
Haworth, Jennifer and Matthew
$1,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$2,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Ali, Nasir
$1,000
MI GreenStone PAC
$750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
MI Aggregates Assn PAC
$750
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$1,000
Am. Consulting Engineers Council PAC
$500
Parsons, Thomas
$1,000
Evink, Jeremy
$500
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
Granger, Gary
$500
Outdoors Michigan PAC
$500
Small Business Assn of MI
$500
Wisconsin Electric Power MI PAC
$500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Rob VerHeulen (R-House Dist. 74)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Individuals: $21,025; Committees: $37,925
Donor
Amount
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,800
Secchia, Joan and Peter
$2,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$1,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,375
Value Health Partners PAC
$1,300
MI McDonalds Operators PAC
$1,250
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,200
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$1,000
Clark Hill PAC
$1,000
Frey, David
$1,000
Friends of Spectrum Health
$1,000
Haworth, Matthew
$1,000
Hepfer, Doug
$1,000
Jaber, Hassan
$1,000
Meijer PAC
$1,000
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
$1,000
Potter, Margaret and Paul
$1,000
Rimmer, Gretchen
$1,000
Michael Webber (R-House Dist. 45)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $23,372; Committees: $27,650
Donor
Amount
Webber, Michael
$3,075
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,500
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
$2,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,600
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$1,500
(Jeff) Farrington Leadership Fund
$1,000
Jandernoa, Michael
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,000
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$1,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Seifert, George
$1,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$1,000
Wimberley, James
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Robert Wittenberg (D-House Dist 27)
Ken Yonker (R-House Dist 72)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $48,792; Committees: $9,400
Individuals: $23,600; Committees: $27,335
Donor
Amount
Donor
Wittenberg, Robert
$5,146
DeVos family
$9,000
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$1,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$1,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,000
Avishay, Cynthia and Lior
$1,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$1,800
Kobernick, Michelle
$1,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$1,500
Levin for Congress
$1,000
Haworth, Matthew
$1,000
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$1,000
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$1,000
Selik, Arlene and Richard
$1,000
Moroun, Matthew
$1,000
Torgow, Gary
$1,000
Newhof, Susan and Craig
$1,000
Weiner, Lauren and Charles
$1,000
Nobel, Tom
$1,000
Wittenberg, Staci and James
$1,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
Secchia, Peter
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Amount
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Henry Yanez (D-House Dist. 25)
Adam Zemke (D-House Dist. 55)
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $42,803; Committees: $124,736
Donor
Amount
Yanez, Henry
$20,331
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$10,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$10,000
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $19,885; Committes: $15,250
Donor
Amount
Zemke, Adam
$14,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$7,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,850
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$7,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$1,750
Levin for Congress
$6,557
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,350
Registrars Local 58 IBEW
$6,000
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$1,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,500
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,884
Zdeb, Wendy
$650
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$4,500
Bellanca, Rose
$600
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,250
Greden, Leigh
$500
(Sam) Singh for Michigan
$3,250
IBEW Local 252
$500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$3,050
Morgan, Jason
$500
MI Professional Firefighters Union PAC
$3,000
O’Conner, Bradley
$500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,700
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI House Democratic Fund
$2,471
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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(Jim) Ananich Future Fund
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
Top Donors 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $70,187; Committees: $165,645
Individuals: $143,111; Committees: $105,000
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$32,500
Gill, Tim
$50,000
Shea, Jim and Linda
$25,000
Singer, Paul
$50,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$9,250
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$25,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$8,000
Cotton family
$20,000
(Jim) Ananich Senate Majority Fund
$6,500
Secchia, Peter
$20,611
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$10,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$5,250
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$8,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,050
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$5,500
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,000
Hagerman, Phil
$5,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$5,000
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$5,000
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$5,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$5,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$4,500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$5,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$3,500
Moroun, Matthew
$5,000
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
$3,500
Finkbeiner, Dave
$5,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Oginsky, Daniel
$5,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$4,950
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$4,500
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$3,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$3,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$3,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
(Jim) Ananich Senate Majority Fund
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $9,320; Committees: $97,044
Donor
Amount
(Jim) Ananich Future Fund
$57,105
Jeff Wright 2000
$5,000
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$5,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
Bernstein Family PAC
$2,500
Comerica Inc. PAC
$2,500
Stajos, Eric
$2,500
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$2,000
MI Assn of Community Bankers PAC
$2,000
Michigan Radiology PAC
$2,000
Teamsters Local 332 PAC
$2,000
MI State Police Troopers PAC
$2,000
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $47,138; Committees: $41,325
Donor
Amount
Cotton family
$7,500
Trevino, Danny
$7,200
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,500
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$6,500
Mike Callton for State Rep.
$5,000
Norman, Paul
$5,000
Horner, Ben
$4,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,500
MacDonald, Adam
$3,675
Van Dyke, Joseph
$3,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Common Sense Leadership Fund
(John Walsh)
(Brandon) Dillon Majority Fund
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $8,490; Committees: $109,351
Individuals: $16,800; Committees: $62,055
Donor
Amount
$25,000
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$17,500
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
$5,400
Cotton family
$15,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,250
Red and Blue (nee Maize and Blue) PAC
$10,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$5,000
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
$5,000
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,500
MI State Police Troopers PAC
$4,700
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,305
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$4,100
MHSA PAC
$2,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$4,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,500
Enterprise Holdings PAC
$1,500
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$3,500
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$1,500
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,150
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$1,250
Teamsters Local 406 PAC
$3,150
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$3,100
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$2,650
Grand Rapids Firefighters Union PAC
$2,350
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $170,122; Committees: $100,430
Donor
Amount
Kennedy, John
$40,000
Deary, William
$25,000
Ermanni, Robert
$25,000
CTE Mike Shirkey for Senate
$20,000
Cotton family
$15,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$15,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$10,000
Youngdahl, Elizabeth and Russell Jr.
$6,500
Mercer, Kirk
$6,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$6,000
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$5,001
Boorom, Michelle
$5,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$5,000
Walton, Eric
$5,000
Ellison, Ronald
$4,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
(Mike) Kowall Majority Fund
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $16,800; Committees: $101,150
Donor
Amount
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
$20,000
Cotton family
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$8,500
(Mike) Kowall Leadership Committee
$8,100
Assoc. General Contractors PAC
$5,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$4,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$4,500
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$4,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$2,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 2
$2,250
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$2,000
Stamper, Dan
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Macomb Leadership PAC (Mark Hackel)
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $95,775; Committees: $47,150
Individuals: $222,293; Committees: $306,800
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$10,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$35,500
Webber, Wayne
$6,500
Jung, J.M.
$26,000
Latella, John
$5,150
Van Andel, David
$22,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$20,000
McTigue, Patrick
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$16,000
Soave, Anthony
$5,000
Cotton family
$20,000
Torre, Frank
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$13,500
Tonic LLC
$4,500
Centerpoint PAC (Raleigh Studios)
$13,000
Centre Court Prperties
$4,000
Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC PAC
$10,000
Guastello, Tom
$2,500
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$10,000
Nitz, John
$2,500
COMM PAC
$10,000
Miller Canfield PAC
$2,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,500
Moroun, M.J.
$2,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$9,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$8,500
MI Restaurant Assn. PAC
$7,500
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$7,000
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$7,000
Individuals: $54,450; Committees: $87,832
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
$5,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
Dow Chemical Employees PAC
$5,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
$10,000
Fakouri, Haifa
$5,000
Cotton family
$9,000
Marathon Petroleum Corp PAC
$5,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$8,500
Mortgage Bankers Assn. of MI PAC
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$8,000
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
$5,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$5,000
Haworth, Richard
$5,000
Moroun, Nora
$5,000
Wyett, Todd
$5,000
Saginaw PAC (Roger Kahn)
$4,582
Warner Norcross & Judd PAC / WNJ PAC
$5,000
MI Osteopathic PAC
$4,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,600
Chaldean Chamber PAC
$4,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Delta Dental PAC
$4,000
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$4,000
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
$3,500
Molina Healthcare PAC
$3,200
Gunabalan, Ram
$3,000
Jewish Agency PAC
$3,000
Michigan Radiology PAC
$3,000
M-PAC
$3,000
Weiner, S. Evan
$3,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $7,451; Committees: $228,600
Donor
Amount
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
Jim Marleau for State Senate
$182,000
$10,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$8,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$6,000
Granger, Gary
$5,000
Amerisure PAC / AmeriPAC
$2,500
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$2,500
Howard Walker for State Rep.
$2,500
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
$2,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$1,600
Source: MI Buraeu of Elections
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(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 13/31/2014
Individuals: $32,925; Committees: $120,478
Individuals: $59,890; Committees: $191,500
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$10,000
Cotton family
$34,000
Comm PAC
$10,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$22,500
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$11,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$8,000
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
$11,000
ADM PAC
$5,500
COMM PAC
$10,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$5,500
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$8,000
Balkema, John
$5,000
Centerpoint PAC (Raleigh Studios)
$7,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$5,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,000
Amer Electric Power Co / AEP PAC
$4,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$6,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,000
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$5,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$3,750
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$5,000
Getman, Dana
$3,500
Mathews, David
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$3,458
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$5,000
Natl Rifle Assn MI PAC
$2,600
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$4,500
MI Petroleum PAC
$2,550
Amer Electric Power Co / AEP PAC
$4,000
Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC
PAC
$2,500
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$4,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$2,500
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$4,000
Cotton family
$2,500
MMP Group Assembly
$4,000
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
$2,500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Rebekah Warren Leadership Fund
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
Individuals: $97,388; Committees: $34,699
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Donor
Amount
Individuals: $83,799; Committees: $102,033
Cotton family
$25,000
Donor
Jung, J.M.
$25,000
Amount
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$13,500
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$5,000
Cotton family
$11,000
Go Blue PAC
$4,750
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$8,100
Health Alliance Plan PAC
$3,000
Potter, Margaret
$7,888
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$2,500
Bowling, William
$6,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,700
Newman, Hannah
$2,500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$5,250
MacDonald, Adam
$2,000
Branoff, Christopher
$5,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$1,500
Byrne, Norman
$5,000
Bethke, Robert
$1,500
McGraw, Michael
$5,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$5,000
Secchia, Peter
$5,000
Meijer PAC
$3,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$3,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $30,992; Committees: 182,104
Individuals: $68,550; Committees: $35,200
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$25,000
Gill, Tim
$25,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$17,000
Singer, Paul
$25,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$10,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$15,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$9,700
Cotton, David
$10,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$9,000
Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$8,600
Schear, Lee
$2,500
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
$8,250
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$2,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$8,000
Meijer PAC
$2,000
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
$7,500
Nelson, Rodney
$1,750
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$1,500
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
$5,000
MI State Police Troopers PAC
$1,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$4,700
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$4,500
Federal Express PAC
$3,000
Johnston, Mark
$3,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $1,175 ; Committees: $98,000
(Sam) Singh for Michigan
Donor
Amount
Friends of John Moolenaar
$98,000
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Yob, John
Individuals: $10,058; Committees: $93,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Donor
Amount
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$12,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
$6,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,250
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,000
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$5,000
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
$5,000
Singh PAC - State
$5,000
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$4,500
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$4,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,750
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
$3,250
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$3,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$3,000
Miller Canfield PAC
$2,500
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$2,500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$2,000
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
(Gretchen) Whitmer Leadership Fund
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Top Donors, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individuals: $52,150; Committees: $112,450
Individuals: $3,400; Committees: $79,909
Donor
Amount
Donor
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
$13,500
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
Amount
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
$10,500
CTE Gretchen Whitmer
$8,249
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$10,000
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
$7,500
Fabiano, James
$10,000
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$7,500
Shea, James
$10,000
$10,000
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$5,360
Golden, Matthew
$7,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$5,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$6,500
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$3,500
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$5,000
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
$3,500
Nicholson, James
$5,000
Emily’s List MI
$3,000
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
$4,000
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC
$2,000
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
$3,500
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
Friends of Tom McMillen
$3,000
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA
PAC
$2,000
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
$3,000
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$1,750
Assoc. General Contractors PAC
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Gail Haines Leadership Fund
$2,500
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
$2,500
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
$2,500
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
$2,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Mike Behm, University of Michigan Regent
Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $39,187; Committees: $2,300
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Behm, Thomas
$2,500
Zitzman, Jon
$1,000
Lenhoff, Glen
$2,000
Padilla, Daniel
$750
Behm, Michael
$1,537
Mukkamala, Srinivas
$650
Reiter, Jesse
$1,250
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
$600
Behm, William
$1,000
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT
Michigan
$550
Doyle, Jim
$1,000
Bray, James
$500
Gust, Chris
$1,000
Courter, Louise
$500
Hamo, George
$1,000
Gate, Barry
$500
Manley, Michael
$1,000
Hatcher, Merrick
$500
Perryman, Clint
$1,000
Hawkins, Louis
$500
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$1,000
Olsman, Jules
$500
White, Ridgway
$1,000
Rutherford, Jeffrey
$500
Yeotis, Dean
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Kathy White, University of Michigan Regent
Top Donors, 2007 - 2014
Individuals: $74,531; Committees: $8,500
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Dhahphale, Aniket
$4,250
Dahlmann, Dennis
$1,000
Savas, Zachary
$3,800
Deitch, Laurence
$1,000
Casciani, Stephen
$3,400
Dickerson, James
$1,000
Draper, Kristopher
$3,400
Dobson, Stephen
$1,000
Glazer, Emerson
$3,400
Dunbar, Wendell
$1,000
Hollenshead, Joseph
$3,400
Grimes, Martha
$1,000
Jones, Gary
$3,400
Maruskin, Joseph
$1,000
Marsich, Veronica
$3,400
MI Laborers Political League
$1,000
Savarino, Julie
$3,400
MI Regional Council of Carpenters
PAC
$1,000
Snider, Stacey
$3,400
Mignery, Andy
$1,000
Ward, Aaron
$3,400
Milne, Ken
$1,000
Buhr, James
$3,158
Pittman, Raymond
$1,000
Hashman, John
$2,500
Rogel, Richard
$1,000
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers /
IBEW COPE
$2,500
Shaffran, Edward
$1,000
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT
Michigan
$2,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI
Voluntary PAC
$1,000
White, Katherine
$1,572
Ufer, Karen and David
$1,000
Fink, Patricia
$1,250
Vanegmond, Thomas
$1,000
Chapman, Robert
$1,000
Wadhams, Timothy
$1,000
Coffman, Christopher
$1,000
Westfall, Christopher
$1,000
Source: MI Brueau of Elections
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Melanie Foster, Michigan State University Trustee
Top Donors, 11/27/2012 - 11/24/2014
Individuals: $179,113; Committees: $1,300
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Foster, Melanie
$32,000
Jones, Shelly and Wayne
$2,000
Kojaian, Elizabeth and C. Michael
$13,600
Kuntzman, Jay
$2,000
Hudas, Larry
$6,800
MacLean, Neal
$2,000
Kojaian, Mike
$6,800
Pollock, Teresa
$2,000
Trott, David
$6,800
Reynolds, Charles
$2,000
Ferrantino, Michael
$5,000
Sethi, Neerja
$2,000
Rakolta, Terry and John Jr
$4,000
Singer, Robert
$2,000
Land, Terri
$3,400
Laporte
$1,750
Secchia, Peter
$3,400
Fabiano, Joseph
$1,500
Gertsch, Janie
$3,000
Papa, Albert
$1,500
Desai, Bharat
$2,000
Young, Rodger
$1,500
Gehr, Darin
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
George Perles, Michigan State University Trustee
Top Donors, 2014
Individual: $2,900; Committees: $2,000
Donor
Amount
Perles, George
$2,900
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan
$1,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Marilyn Kelly, Wayne State University Governor
Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $6,364; Committees: $3,400
Donors
Amount
Kelly, Marilyn
$5,077
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan
$1,400
MI Laborers Political League
$1,000
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$1,000
Franklin, Elaine
$331
Driker, Eugene
$250
Sheehan, Georgette and James
$196
Miller, Frederick
$150
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Dana Thompson, Wayne State University Governor
Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $21,206; Committees: $25,018
Donor
Michigan Democratic Party
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Amount
$20,000
Donor
Nacht, David
Amount
$1,000
Thompson, Dana
$9,636
Carmona, Carlos
$700
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
$6,000
Akinwale, Dotun
$500
Brinker, Larry
$2,000
Henlon, Eileen
$500
UAW MICHIGAN V-PAC
$2,000
Itoh, Eiko
$500
Onwuzurike, Chris
$1,400
Burand, Deborah
$250
Horwitz, Arthur
$1,100
Dservice, Savarior
$200
Bernstein Famil PAC
$1,000
Turner, Reggie
$200
Davis, Alicia
$1,000
Udegbunam, Ogechukwu
$200
MI Laborers Political League
$1,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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APPENDIX J: Michigan Education Boards - Top Donors (continued)
Pamela Pugh Smith, State Board of Education
Top Donors, 2014
Individuals: $3,610; Committees: $2,650
Donor
Amount
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan
$1,400
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
$1,000
Smith, Pamela
$800
Cook, Steve
$500
13th Congressional Dist Democratic Cmte
$250
Blanchard, Janet
$250
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Casandra Ulbrich, State Board of Education
Top Donors, 2014999999
Individuals: $9,50; Committees: $4,250
Donor
Amount
Donor
Amount
Ulbrich, Casandra
$1,305
Liebold, Cam
$250
United Auto Workers / UAW MI
Voluntary PAC
$1,000
Lovell, Eugene
$250
Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT
Michigan
$900
Philippart, Nancy
$250
Birleson, Rod
$500
Pritchett, Judy
$250
Detroit Federation of Teachers PAC
$500
Smith, Michael
$250
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
$500
Talbert, Bet
$250
Baron, Howard
$350
Varner, Daniel
$250
13th Congressional Dist Democratic
Cmte
$300
Volz, William
$250
Busse, Charles
$250
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
$200
Fallscheer
$250
Plumbers Union Local 98
$200
Friends of Macomb
$250
Welch-Lykins, Elizabeth
$200
Hage, Robert
$250
Williams, Elaine
$200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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APPENDIX K: Top Individual/Family Donors to Michigan Political Committees,
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Individual/Family (Principal Corporate Identity)
Amount
DeVos family (Amway/Alticor)
$4,902,055
Bernstein family (Sam Bernstein Law Firm)
$1,975,669
Weiser, Ronald and Eileen (McKinley, Inc.)
$1,372,804
Steyer, Thomas (Fahr LLC)
$1,055,000
Kennedy, John III and Nancy (Autocam)
$819,200
Jandernoa, Michael and Susan (Perrigo)
$649,996
Taubman family (Taubman Company)
$453,500
Van Andel family (Amway/Alticor; Van Andel Institue)
$451,999
Soave, Anthony (Soave Enterprises)
$448,650
Cotton family (Meridian Health)
$417,100
Nicholson family (PVS Chemical)
$375,341
Young family (Absopure/Plastipak)
$338,200
Parfet, William and Barbara (Upjohn/Pfizer; MPI Research)
$332,927
Meijer family (Meijer Inc.)
$324,700
Kamanos, Peter and Danielle (Compuware)
$317,800
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Bernstein Family
Cotton Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Donations to Michigan Political Committees 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Richard Bernstein for Justice
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
Amount
$1,882,719
$79,500
Recipient Committee
Amount
House Republican Campaign Committee
$80,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$47,600
Mark Schauer for Governor
$6,800
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$34,000
Turnaround Detroit SuperPAC (support
Mike Duggan)
$3,000
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
$34,000
CTE Ellen Lipton for State Senate
$2,000
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
$20,000
Keep Michigan Wolves Protected
$20,000
Citizens for Accountable Government
$15,000
Friends of Jon Hoadley
$500
Justice for Michigan
$500
Ryan Fishman for State Senate
$500
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John
Walsh)
$15,000
Friends of Kathy White for U-M Regent
$150
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$15,000
Total
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
$1,975,669
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$11,000
(Jeff) Farrington Leadership Fund
$10,000
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
$10,000
(Mike) Kowall Majority Fund
$10,000
(Jim) Marleau for Michigan
$10,000
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP
PAC
$10,000
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
$10,000
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
$9,000
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
$7,500
Jim Tedder Vision Fund
$6,000
Rocky Raczkowski for State Senate
$5,000
Dave Hildenbrand for State Senate
$5,000
Jim Stamas for State Senate
$5,000
CTE Klint Kesto State Rep.
$4,750
Frank Foster for State Rep.
$4,500
Friends of Roger Kahn for State Senate
$4,000
Brian Zahra for Justice
$2,550
David Viviano for Justice
$2,550
CTE Anthony Forlini State Rep.
$2,500
Laura Cox for State Rep.
$2,500
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
$2,500
Friends of Andrew Casazza
$1,500
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$450
MI Assn of Health Plans (SuperPAC)
$200
Total
$417,100
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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DeVos Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Recipient Committee
Michigan Republican Party
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Amount
$2,310,000
Recipient Committee
Amount
Friends of Kathy Crawford
$9,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$640,000
CTE Donijo Dejonge State Rep.
$9,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$520,000
CTE Jeff Farrington State Rep.
$9,000
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos
Family)
$250,000
Friends of Carol Ann Fausone
$9,000
Kent Co. Republican Committee
$158,500
Frank Foster for State House
$9,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$122,430
Friends of Daniela Garcia
$9,000
CTE Joseph Graves State rep.
$9,000
Friends of Holly Hughes
$9,000
Joe Hunt for State Rep.
$9,000
CTE Brandt Iden for State Rep.
$9,000
Karl Ieuter for State Rep.
$9,000
CTE Klint Kesto State Rep.
$9,000
Friends of Lisa Posthumus Lyons
$9,000
CTE Jan Peabody State Rep.
$9,000
John Proos for State Senate
$9,000
Al Pscholka for State Rep.
$9,000
Friends of Randy Richardville
$9,000
Tonya Schuitmaker for State Senate
$9,000
Jason Sheppard for State Rep.
$9,000
CTE Mike Shirkey for State Senate
$9,000
Ken Yonker for State Rep.
$9,000
Nick Hawatmeh for State Rep.
$8,550
CIT FOR Andrea LaFontaine State Rep.
$8,100
Dave Robertson for State Senate
$7,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$7,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$5,300
Chris Afendoulis for State Rep.
$4,500
CTE Peter Lund State Rep.
$4,500
Aric Nesbitt for State Rep.
$4,500
CCTE Mike Shirkey for State Senate
$4,500
Friends of Pat Somerville
$4,500
CTE Jase Bolger State Rep.
$4,000
(Dave) Hildenbrand Leadership Fund
$3,000
Friends of Spectrum Health
$1,000
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$71,400
James Robert Redford for Justice
$61,200
David Viviano for Justtice
$61,200
Brian Zahra for Justice
$61,200
Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West
Michigan Business
$30,000
MI Auto Dealers Assn. / MAD PAC
$22,075
Ron Weiser for U-M Regent
$20,400
Friends of Patrick Colbeck
$18,000
Mike Green for State Senate
$18,000
Dave Hildenbrand for State Senate
$18,000
Marty Knollenberg for State Senate
$18,000
Friends of Mike Kowall for State Senate
$18,000
CTE Peter MacGregor for State Senate
$18,000
Jim Marleau for State Senate
$18,000
Margaret O’Brien for State Senate
$18,000
Phil Pavlov for State Senate
$18,000
Wayne Schmidt for State Senate
$18,000
Goeff Hansen for State Senate
$16,000
Ruth Johnson for Secretary of State
$15,600
CTE Jack Brandenburg for State Senate
$14,000
Arlan Meekhof for State Senate
$14,000
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$13,600
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC II
(SuperPAC)
$10,000
Tom Barrett for Stete Rep.
$9,000
CTE John Bizon for State Rep.
$9,000
Friends of Darwin Booher
$9,000
CTE Edward Canfield State Rep.
$9,000
Tom Casperson for State Senate
$9,000
Kevin Cotter for State Rep.
$9,000
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$4,902,055
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Jandernoa, Michael and Susan
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Amount
Recipient Committee
Amount
$310,000
Arlan Meekhof for State Senate
$1,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$40,000
Chris Afendoulis for State Rep.
$1,000
Right to Life of MI PAC
$40,000
CTE Phil Potvin State Rep.
$1,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$40,000
COMM PAC
$1,000
MI Citizens for Strong and Safe Communities
$25,000
CTE Anthony Forlini State Rep.
$1,000
Kent Co. Republican Cmte.
$21,000
CTE Brandt Iden State Rep.
$1,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC II
(SuperPAC)
$20,000
CTE Dave Pagel State Rep.
$1,000
CTE Joseph Graves State Rep.
$1,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$20,000
CTE Michael Webber State Rep.
$1,000
CTE Mike Shirkey for State Senate
$1,000
Dave Hildenbrand for State Senate
$1,000
Frank Foster for State Rep.
$1,000
Friends of Lisa Posthumus Lyons
$1,000
Friends of Mike Kowall for State Senate
$1,000
Friends of Patrick Colbeck for State Senate
$1,000
Goeff Hansen for State Senate
$1,000
Jim Marleau for State Senate
$1,000
Jim Stamas for State Senate
$1,000
Michigan Republican Party
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$8,800
James Robert Redfor for Justice
$7,700
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$6,800
Rick Snyder for Governor
$6,800
Ruth Johnson for Secretary of State
$6,800
Ron Weiser for U-M Regent
$6,800
Brian Zahra for Justice
$6,700
David Viviano for Justice
$6,700
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos
Family)
$5,000
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$5,000
Margaret O’Brien for State Senate
$4,000
Total
Dan Horning for U-M Regent
$3,400
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Hardworking Americans (SuperPAC)
$3,296
Dale Zorn for State Senate
$3,000
Ken Horn for State Senate
$3,000
Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West
Michigan Business
$2,700
Karmanos, Peter and Danielle
CTE Peter MacGregor for State Senate
$2,500
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
McAlvey Merchant PAC
$2,500
Recipient Committee
Rocky Raczkowski for State Senate
$2,000
Michigan Republican Party
Aric Nesbitt for State Rep.
$2,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$6,800
Ben Glardon for State Rep.
$2,000
Laura Cox for State Rep.
$1,000
CTE Klint Kesto State Rep.
$2,000
Total
CTE Ray Franz for State Rep.
$2,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Friends of Holly Hughes
$2,000
Jason Sheppard for State Rep.
$2,000
Kevin Cotter for State Rep.
$2,000
Nick Hawatmeh for State Rep.
$2,000
Wayne Schmidt for State Senate
$2,000
CTE Donijo Dejonge State Rep.
$1,500
Al Pscholka for State Rep.
$1,000
Amanda Price for State Rep.
$1,000
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
CTE Rob Verhuelen State Rep.
$500
Ken Yonker for State Rep.
$500
$649,996
Amount
$310,000
$317,800
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Kennedy, John III and Nancy
Nicholson Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Recipient Committee
Amount
Michigan Republican Party
$510,000
Amount
Michigan Republican Party
$80,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$100,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$69,000
MI Citizens for Strong and Safe Communities
$50,000
House Republican Campaign Committee
$60,000
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
$40,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$60,000
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
$40,000
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$31,191
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$13,600
Jim Townsend Leadership Fund
$15,000
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$13,600
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$10,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$13,600
Brian Zahra for Justice
$9,175
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos
Family)
$10,000
David Viviano for Justice
$9,175
Brian Callet for Lt. Gov.
$7,800
Ron Weiser for U-M Regent
$6,000
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
$5,000
MI Manufacturers Assn PAC
$4,000
DTE Energy Co. PAC
$2,000
Wayne Schmidt for State Senate
$2,000
CTE Jan Peabody State Rep.
$1,000
Karl Ieuter for State Rep.
$1,000
Laura Cox for State Rep.
$1,000
Friends of Matthew Rumora
$1,000
Ron Weiser for U-M Regent
$6,800
(Ken) Yonker Leadership Fund
$5,000
Dave Hildenbrand for State Senate
$4,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$3,500
Chris Afendoulis for State Rep.
$2,000
Brian Zahra for Justice
$1,700
David Viviano for Justice
$1,700
James Robert Redford for Justice
$1,700
CTE Peter MacGregor for State Senate
$1,000
Kent Co. Republican Cmte
$1,000
Total
$819,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
CTE Kurt Heise State Rep.
$500
Friends of Jim Townsend
$500
Total
$375,341
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Meijer Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Meijer PAC
Amount
$225,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$33,000
Brian Zahra for Justice
$13,600
David Viviano for Justice
$13,600
James Robert Redfor for Justice
$13,600
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$10,400
House Republican Campaign Committee
$10,000
Chris Afendoulis for State Rep.
$2,000
CTE Donijo Dejonge
$1,000
Dave Hildenbrand for State Senate
$1,000
MI Assn of Ambulance Services PAC
$1,000
CTE Peter MacGregor
Total
$500
$324,700
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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Parfet, William and Barbara
Steyr, Thomas
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Michigan Republican Party
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos
Family)
Amount
$285,000
$10,000
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$7,000
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$6,800
Rick Snyder for Governor
$6,800
COMM PAC
$5,000
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$4,000
Margaret O’Brien for State Senate
$4,000
CTE Brandt Iden State Rep.
$2,000
(Tonya) Schuitmaker for Majority PAC
$1,000
Recipient Committee
Amount
NextGen Climate Action MI (SuperPAC)
$1,055,000
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Taubman Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Amount
Michigan Republican Party
$280,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$54,400
MI Democratic State Central Cmte
$50,000
$50,000
Tonya Schuitmaker for State Senate
$500
Turnaround Detroit SuperPAC (support
Mike Duggan)
CTE Namita Sharma
$307
Brian Zahra for Justice
$6,800
Friends of WMU
$250
David Viviano for Justice
$6,800
Powering the Economy SuperPAC (Detroit
Regional Chamber)
$150
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
$2,000
Kalamazoo Co. Republican Cmte.
$120
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
$1,500
Cmte to Retain Judge Kimberly Small
$1,000
Total
$332,927
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Total
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Michigan Republican Party
$1,000
$453,500
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Soave, Anthony
Recipient Committee
CTE Brandt Iden State Rep.
Amount
$380,000
Van Andel Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
$20,000
Recipient Committee
Amount
Citizens for Michigan(Anthony Soave)
$10,000
Michigan Republican Party
$340,000
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$5,400
House Republican Campaign Committee
$40,000
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$5,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$23,800
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos
Family)
$5,000
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$13,600
Macomb Leadership PAC (Mark Hackel)
$5,000
Rick Snyder for Governor
$5,000
Brian Zahra for Justice
$3,400
David Viviano for Justice
$3,400
Marty Knollenberg Leadership Fund
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
$7,000
Brian Zahra for Justice
$5,033
David Viviano for Justice
$5,033
James Robert Redford for Justice
$5,033
$2,500
Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West
Michigan Business
$5,000
CTE Virgil Smith for State Senate
$1,000
Kent Co. Republican Cmte.
$5,000
Ron Weiser for U-M Regent
$1,000
Friends of Lisa Posthumus Lyons
$1,000
CTE James Maceroni Judge
$500
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
$1,000
(Dave) Hikldenbrand Leadership Fund
$500
CTE Rob Verheulen State Rep.
Laura Cox for State Rep.
$500
Total
Friends of Derek Miller
$250
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Friends of Matthew Rumora
$200
Total
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
$500
$451,999
$448,650
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Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Amount
Recipient Committee
Amount
Citizens for Cindy Gamrat
$500
$100,000
Clinton Co. Republican Cmte.
$500
Ron Weiser for U-M Regent
$1,040,170
Michigan Freedom Network
Michigan Republican Party
$100,000
CTE Steve Boron
$500
House Republican Campaign Committee
$20,000
CTE Wendy Day
$500
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$13,600
CTE Kurt Heise State Rep.
$500
Brian Zahra for Justice
$13,600
Friends of Greg Dildilian
$500
David Viviano for Justice
$13,600
Friends of Jim Runestad
$500
Brian Calley for Lt. Gov.
$6,800
Friends of Triston Cole
$500
Rick Snyder for Governor
$6,800
Laura Cox for State Rep.
$500
Washtenaw Co. Republican Cmte.
$5,650
Lee Chatfield fo State Rep.
$500
Kent Co. Republican Cmte.
$4,500
Shamrock PAC
$500
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
$4,500
Stan Grot for State Rep.
$500
James Robert Redford for Justice
$3,400
Wayne Co. Republican Cmte
$500
Friends of Patrick Colbeck
$3,000
Eaton Co. Republican Cmte
$475
CTE Mike Shirkey for State Senate
$2,000
St. Clair Co. Republican Cmte
$450
Friends of Carol Ann Fausone
$2,000
12th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
$400
Madison Project Michigan PAC
$2,000
Bay Co. Republican Cmte.
$400
Nick Hawatmeh for State Rep.
$2,000
Ionia Co. Republican Cmte.
$400
21st Century Club
$1,150
Monroe Co. Republican Exec. Cmte
$500
Alpena Co. Republican Cmte.
$1,025
Genesee Co. Republican Cmte.
$369
Ben Glardon for State Rep.
$1,000
Retake Our Government - MI
$300
CTE Jack Brandenburg for State Senate
$1,000
8th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
$250
CTE Donijo Dejonge State Rep.
$1,000
$250
CTE Lu Penton
$1,000
Wayne 11th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
Dave Robertson for State Senate
$1,000
Calhoun Co. Republican Cmte
$200
Friends of John Moolenaar
$1,000
St. Joseph Co. Republican Cmte
$200
Jackson Co. Republican Cmte
$1,000
$200
John Hochstetler for State Rep.
$1,000
Wayne 12th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
Lana Theis for State Rep.
$1,000
Wexford Co. Republican Cmte
$200
Ottawa Co. Republican Cmte.
$1,000
Ingham Co. Republican Cmte
$150
Phil Pavlov for State Senate
$1,000
Sanilac Co. Republican Cmte
$150
Ruth Johnson for secretary of State
$1,000
Hillsdale Co. Republican Cmte
$125
Tom Leonard for State Rep.
$1,000
Shiawassee Co. Republican Cmte
$125
Grand Traverse Co. Republican Cmte
$100
Lenawee Co. Republican Cmte
$100
Montcalm Co. Republican Cmte
$75
Clare Co. Republican Cmte
$60
Macomb Co. Republican Cmte.
$530
1st Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
$500
4th Congressional Dist Republican Cmte
$500
Benzie Co. Republican Cmte.
$500
Total
$1,372,804
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
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APPENDIX K: Top Individual/Family Donors to Michigan Political Committees (continued)
Young Family
Donations to Michigan Political Committees
1/1/2013 - 12/31/2015
Recipient Committee
Michigan Republican Party
Amount
$230,000
Bill Schuette for Attorney General
$25,400
Rick Snyder for Governor
$20,400
House Republican Campaign Committee
$20,000
Brian Zahra for Justice
$12,700
David Viviano for Justice
$12,700
21st Century Club
$10,000
Ruth Johnson for Secretary of State
$5,000
Laura Cox for State Rep.
$1,000
Washtenaw Co. Republican Cmte.
$1,000
Total
$338,200
Source: MI Bureau of Elections
Michigan Campaign Finance Network
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